Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 The Creation of the American Century
Chapter 2 Is America in Decline?
Chapter 3 Challengers and Relative Decline
Chapter 4 The Rise of China
Chapter 5 Absolute Decline: Is the U.S. Like Rome?
Chapter 6 Power Shifts and Global Complexity
Chapter 7 Conclusions
Further Reading
Notes
Joseph S.Nye, Jr. is University Distinguished ServiceProfessor and former dean of the Harvard Kennedy School ofGovernment
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