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The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
Peter Zeihan
4.13 AVERAGE
65 reviews for:
The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
Peter Zeihan
4.13 AVERAGE
A great book for a high level overview of how geopolitics, geography, and history work together. This book's biggest flaw is that, to put it lightly, the world has been slightly busy in the last seven years. I'd like to see an update addressing China and Russia, and the rise of authoritarianism.
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Super interesting look at the future, Zeihan has become one of my favorite geopolitical thinkers. Big fan of his work, think he has a few blind spots, overly pessimistic about China, anti nuclear power, underestimates effects of climate change but altogether good stuff
challenging
informative
medium-paced
The book was interesting and does it’s best to be comprehensive. It is a thorough overview. But I’m always skeptical of predictions about the future of the world. I know a couple of his predictions came true. That’s always going to be the case. But I grated against his deterministic, at times, view. And, as someone who learned at the feet of one of the preeminent political geographers in the field, I often shook my head and muttered “politics geographers.”
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
It's a very interesting topic and had a lot of ideas I found appealing (as an American). Not sure how hopeful I'd find his predictions if I was not American. Though, the whole book I kept wondering. Wouldn't all itd take for this not to pass is Americans as a collective to not abandon the rest of the world. We seem to like to get into other people's business. Seems weird to assume that it'll peter out as we b come energy independent. Who knows. It's been 7 years. The world doesn't seem that much different from 2014 from here. Pandemic aside.
Five stars here for being in the right place at the right time. I’d never really been exposed to geopolitics and reading this book shifted my worldview. That gets a good review, even though the writing is just ok and the level snark is perhaps a touch too high.