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Has American power, like a beloved '56 Chevy, passed its prime? What will displace it? China? India? Mark Leonard argues that in fact it is Europe-a Europe that has undergone a revolutionary transformation Those who believe Europe is weak, ineffectual and sclerotic are wrong. Europe might look frail and feeble against American military might, but that expression of power is shallow and narrow. Or so says Mark Leonard, one of Europe's brightest new policy thinkers, in a book sure to stir and provoke his American contemporaries. America's centralized, militarized supremacy, he argues, has become so overwhelming that it has defeated everything, including itself. It's capable of imposing itself anywhere-but when its back is turned its potency wanes. Europe's reach, by contrast, is broad and deep, spreading a value system from Albania to Zambia. It draws other countries into its orbit rather than seeking to define itself against them, and as they come under the influence of its laws and customs they are changed forever. Europe, quietly, has rediscovered within its foundations a revolutionary model for the future and an alternative to American hard power. With little fanfare, Europe

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Author

Mark Leonard

Publisher

Public Affairs

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781586484248

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Fiction, Language Learning

Rating

3.22 / 5 (32 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14