Publisher's Synopsis
The provocative bestseller explaining the decline of power in the twenty-first century -- in government, business, and beyond.Power is shifting -- from large, stable armies to loose bands of insurgents, from corporate leviathans to nimble start-ups, and from presidential palaces to public squares. But power is also changing, becoming harder to use and easier to lose. In The End of Power, award-winning columnist and former Foreign Policy editor Moisés Naím illuminates the struggle between once-dominant megaplayers and the new micropowers challenging them in every field of human endeavor. Drawing on provocative, original research and a lifetime of experience in global affairs, Naím explains how the end of power is reconfiguring our world.The End of Power will ... change the way you look at the world.--Bill ClintonExtraordinary.--George SorosCompelling and original.--Arianna HuffingtonA fascinating new perspective...Naím makes eye-opening connections.--Francis FukuyamaInaugural Pick for Mark Zuckerberg's Year of Books Challenge * Financial Times Best Book of the Year * Washington Post Notable Book * Washington Post Nonfiction Bestseller
