Book Review - the Post-American World

Byline: Fareed Zakaria The book under review, "The Post American World" has been written by an Indian born political journalist and scholar, Fareed Zakaria. The theme of the book is optimistic in its nature that discusses the greatest transformation and drastic changes taking place across the globe as, "the poor are slowly being absorbed into productive and growing economies. The share of people living on a dollar a day or less plummeted from 40 percent in 1981 to 18 percent in 2004, and is estimated to fall to 12 percent by 2015." Suggesting the Americans, to rethink of their world view, the author shares, "It would not be an anti-American world, we are entering, and it is rather a post American world. They need to throw out the idea of world's policeman and hyper supremacy and reinstate it with the world's trusted 3rd party." It is indeed a gentle caution with submissions as to how America can continue to be a key player as other powers shift globally in the 21st century.