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- The Myths of Scarcity and Security That Haunt U.S. Energy Policy
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A bracing corrective to the myths that have shaped economic, military, and diplomatic policy, dispelling our oil-soaked fantasies of dependence.
There is a conventional wisdom about oil that the US military presence in the Persian Gulf is what guarantees access to this strategic resource; that the "special" relationship with Saudi Arabia is necessary to stabilize an otherwise volatile market; and that these assumptions in turn provide Washington enormous leverage over Europe and Asia. Except, the conventional wisdom is wrong.
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In particular, Vitalis shows how we can reconsider the question of the US-Saudi special relationship, which confuses and traps many into unnecessarily accepting what they imagine is a devil's bargain. Freeing ourselves from the spell of oilcraft won't be easy, but the benefits make it essential.
The book is published by Stanford University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 601
Here is the New York Times and international best seller, revised and expanded with a new afterword. This is the essential update of Fareed Zakaria's analysis about America and its shifting position in world affairs. In this new edition, Zakaria makes sense of the rapidly changing global landscape. With his customary lucidity, insight, and imagination, he draws on lessons from the two great power shifts of the past 500 years - the rise of the Western world and the rise of the United States - to tell us what we can expect from the third shift, the rise of the rest.
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5 out of 5 stars
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S/B req reading for every man, woman and child...
- De Kopernicus en 10-20-11
De: Fareed Zakaria
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Hopes and Prospects
- De: Noam Chomsky
- Narrado por: Brian Jones
- Duración: 11 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 145
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 107
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 107
In this urgent new book, Noam Chomsky examines the dangers and prospects of our early 21st century. Exploring challenges such as the growing gap between North and South, American exceptionalism (including under President Obama), the fiascos of Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S.-Israeli assault on Gaza, and the recent recent financial bailouts, he also sees hope for the future. Chomsky surveys the democratic wave in Latin America and the growing global solidarity movements.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Intellectual Wind Tunnel
- De Cellar_Door_Books en 04-23-11
De: Noam Chomsky
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America in Retreat
- The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder
- De: Bret Stephens
- Narrado por: Bret Stephens, Sean Pratt
- Duración: 9 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 116
America in Retreat identifies a profound crisis on the global horizon. As Americans seek to withdraw from the world to tend to domestic problems, America’s adversaries spy opportunity. Vladimir Putin's ambitions to restore the glory of the czarist empire go effectively unchecked, as do China's attempts to expand its maritime claims in the South China Sea, as do Iran's efforts to develop nuclear capabilities.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The Burden of American Exceptionalism
- De Harry Paget en 08-15-15
De: Bret Stephens
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The Precipice
- Neoliberalism, the Pandemic and the Urgent Need for Social Change
- De: Noam Chomsky, C.J. Polychroniou
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 13 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 56
In The Precipice, Noam Chomsky sheds light into the phenomenon of Trumpism, exposes the catastrophic nature and impact of Trump's policies on people, the environment, and the planet as a whole, and captures the dynamics of the brutal class warfare launched by the masters of capital to maintain and even enhance the features of a dog-eat-dog society to the unprecedented mobilization of millions of people against neoliberal capitalism, racism, and police violence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Of Incalculable Importance
- De Anonymous User en 12-15-21
De: Noam Chomsky, y otros
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To Build a Better World
- Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth
- De: Philip Zelikow, Condoleezza Rice
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 17 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Two of America's leading scholar-diplomats, Philip Zelikow and Condoleezza Rice, have combed sources in several languages, interviewed leading figures, and drawn on their own firsthand experience to bring to life the choices that molded the contemporary world. Zeroing in on the key moments of decision, the might-have-beens, and the human beings working through them, they explore both what happened and what could have happened, to show how one world ended and another took form.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Valuable historical narrative
- De Jane G. Malkin en 04-07-22
De: Philip Zelikow, y otros
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The World
- A Brief Introduction
- De: Richard Haass
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 450
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 359
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 359
The World is designed to provide listeners of any age and experience with the essential background and building blocks they need to make sense of this complicated and interconnected world. It will empower them to manage the flood of daily news. Listeners will become more informed, discerning citizens, better able to arrive at sound, independent judgments. While it is impossible to predict what the next crisis will be or where it will originate, those who listen to The World will have what they need to understand its basics and the principal choices for how to respond.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Primer for young adults
- De Howells en 05-24-20
De: Richard Haass
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Armageddon Averted
- The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000
- De: Stephen Kotkin
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 5 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 166
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 134
Combining historical and geopolitical analysis with an absorbing narrative, Kotkin draws upon extensive research, including memoirs by dozens of insiders and senior figures, to illuminate the factors that led to the demise of Communism and the USSR. The new edition puts the collapse in the context of the global economic and political changes from the 1970s to the present day. Kotkin creates a compelling profile of post-Soviet Russia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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insightful
- De Anonymous User en 01-28-20
De: Stephen Kotkin
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The Weaponisation of Everything
- A Field Guide to the New Way of War
- De: Mark Galeotti
- Narrado por: Mark Galeotti
- Duración: 6 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 71
Hybrid war, grey-zone warfare, unrestricted war: Today, traditional conflict - fought with guns, bombs, and drones - has become too expensive to wage, too unpopular at home, and too difficult to manage. In an age when America threatens Europe with sanctions, and when China spends billions buying influence abroad, the world is heading for a new era of permanent low-level conflict, often unnoticed, undeclared, and unending.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Clear, concise, and thought provoking
- De Dad / Husband (who rarely reviews) en 03-08-22
De: Mark Galeotti
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The China Challenge
- Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power
- De: Thomas Christensen
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 15 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 46
Many see China's rise as a threat to US leadership in Asia and beyond. Thomas J. Christensen argues instead that the real challenge lies in dissuading China from regional aggression while eliciting its global cooperation. Drawing on decades of scholarship and experience as a senior diplomat, Christensen offers a deep perspective on China's military and economic capacity. Assessing China's political outlook and strategic goals, Christensen shows how nationalism and the threat of domestic instability influence the party's decisions about regional and global affairs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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UNDERSTANDING CHINA
- De chetyarbrough.blog en 03-03-23
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The Deep State
- The Fall of the Constitution and the Rise of a Shadow Government
- De: Mike Lofgren
- Narrado por: Brian O'Neill
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 388
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 340
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 341
Mike Lofgren is back with a book perfectly pitched for the frenzied circus of the primaries. His argument this time is that for all of the backstabbing and money grubbing of the campaign season, the politicians we elect have as little ability to shift policy as Communist party apparatchiks. Welcome to Mike Lofgren's Washington, DC - a This Town where the political theater that is endlessly tweeted and blogged about has nothing to do with actual decision making.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Almost good, but profoundly misunderstands economics and very biased towards Democrats
- De Nina Prevot en 04-08-16
De: Mike Lofgren
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All Measures Short of War
- The Contest for the Twenty-First Century and the Future of American Power
- De: Thomas J. Wright
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 8 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 229
Russia and China are increasingly revisionist in their regions. The Middle East appears to be unraveling. And many Americans question why the United States ought to lead. What will great power competition look like in the decades ahead? What impact will geopolitics have on globalization? And what strategy should the United States pursue to succeed in an increasingly competitive world? In this book, Thomas Wright explains how major powers will compete fiercely even as they try to avoid war with each other.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Globalist propaganda
- De Anthony Colosimo Jr en 07-10-21
De: Thomas J. Wright
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The Last President of Europe
- Emmanuel Macron's Race to Revive France and Save the World
- De: William Drozdiak
- Narrado por: Paul Hodgson
- Duración: 7 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
A revelatory examination of the global impact of Emmanuel Macron's tumultuous presidency. In The Last President of Europe, William Drozdiak tells with exclusive inside access the story of Macron's presidency and the political challenges the French leader continues to face.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting but poorly read
- De Anonymous User en 05-12-22
De: William Drozdiak
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Stealth War
- How China Took Over While America's Elite Slept
- De: Robert Spalding
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 7 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,926
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,685
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,672
The media often suggest that Russia poses the greatest threat to America's national security, but the real danger lies farther east. While those in power have been distracted and disorderly, China has waged a six-front war on America's economy, military, diplomacy, technology, education, and infrastructure - and they're winning. It's almost too late to undo the shocking, though nearly invisible, victories of the Chinese. In Stealth War, retired Air Force Brigadier General Robert Spalding reveals China's motives and secret attacks on the West.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A General with a backbone loaded with truth "woke"
- De Jason en 10-01-19
De: Robert Spalding
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The Shock Doctrine
- The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
- De: Naomi Klein
- Narrado por: Jennifer Wiltsie
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,992
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,374
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,369
In her groundbreaking reporting, Naomi Klein introduced the term "disaster capitalism." Whether covering Baghdad after the U.S. occupation, Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, or New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed something remarkably similar. People still reeling from catastrophe were being hit again, this time with economic "shock treatment," losing their land and homes to rapid-fire corporate makeovers. The Shock Doctrine retells the story of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free market economic revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If It's Bad for Humanity, It's Good for Business
- De Nelson Alexander en 09-29-07
De: Naomi Klein
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Asia's Cauldron
- The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
- De: Robert D. Kaplan
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 8 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 443
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 378
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 375
Over the last decade, the center of world power has been quietly shifting from Europe to Asia. With oil reserves of several billion barrels, an estimated 900 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and several centuries' worth of competing territorial claims, the South China Sea in particular is a simmering pot of potential conflict. The underreported military buildup in the area where the Western Pacific meets the Indian Ocean means that it will likely be a hinge point for global war and peace for the foreseeable future.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pending problems
- De Jean en 08-19-14
De: Robert D. Kaplan
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The Return of Marco Polo's World
- War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-First Century
- De: Robert D. Kaplan
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 9 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 246
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 243
Drawing on decades of firsthand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed for The Atlantic, as well as encounters with preeminent realist thinkers, Kaplan outlines the timeless principles that should shape America's role in a turbulent world: a respect for the limits of Western-style democracy; a delineation between American interests and American values; an awareness of the psychological toll of warfare; a projection of power via a strong navy; and more.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Essays on the Region of the Silk Road
- De Jeff Beardsley en 05-19-18
De: Robert D. Kaplan
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Blood Oil
- Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules That Run the World
- De: Leif Wenar
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 20 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 101
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 94
Natural resources empower the world's most coercive men. Autocrats like Putin and the Saudis spend oil money on weapons and repression. ISIS and Congo's militias spend resource money on atrocities and ammunition. For decades resource-fueled authoritarians and extremists have forced endless crises on the West - and the ultimate source of their resource money is us, paying at the gas station and the mall.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Caveat: Human beings -- Totally untrustworthy
- De lost the power cord could you send me another cord address 13 east wilmont ave somers point nj 08244 en 05-17-16
De: Leif Wenar
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