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The myth of America's decline, politics, economics, and a half century of false prophecies, Josef Joffe

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The myth of America's decline, politics, economics, and a half century of false prophecies, Josef Joffe

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The myth of America's decline

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

857863136

Responsibility statement

Josef Joffe

Sub title

politics, economics, and a half century of false prophecies

Summary

Once every decade, it is "decline time" in America. In recent years, it has been the unstoppable rise of China that has spelled "finis America." What the Chinese juggernaut is today, the Soviet Union ("We shall bury you") was in the 1950s. The Vietnam decade of the 1960s was described as America<U+2019>s "collective suicide attempt," while in the 1970s, the United States succumbed to Jimmy Carter<U+2019>s famous "malaise," as the dollar dangerously plummeted. The 1980s unquestionably belonged to a resurgent Japan, the "Rising Sun," whereas in the 1990s, Europe shone forth as an "empire by example." In the naughts, it was "Asia Rising" that became the flavor of the decade. Despite a litany of prognostications, these contenders have all fallen back, one by one

Target audience

adult

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America's decline, politics, economics, and a half century of false prophecies

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