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Josef Joffe is a brilliant observer of international politics. He is also a keen student―and admirer―of the United States.

The Myth of America’s Decline effectively lays to rest the belief that America has lost its preeminence. It is a book that should be of interest to all who may be worried about America’s future. Josef Joffe is a brilliant observer of international politics. He combines these two passions in this remarkable reflection on America’s role in the world. It is the best book on the subject in years.

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As a believer in America's gradual decline, I admit I picked up Josef Joffe's book with a haughty sense that I could defuse his argument somehow. And indeed, for much of the book I believed that he was simply missing the point. Here's a brief rundown of his argument, from my notes. The very belief in the decline of American power - military, cultural, diplomatic - represents an abdication of responsibility to foreign powers

The Myth of America's Decline Politics, Economics, and a Half Century of False Prophecies.

The Myth of America's Decline Politics, Economics, and a Half Century of False Prophecies.

In a world where America bashers constantly chortle that the United States is in decline, Josef Joffe, using lively .

In a world where America bashers constantly chortle that the United States is in decline, Josef Joffe, using lively historical examples and empirical economic models, demonstrates that these doomsday contentions are flawed, and that America-even when compared with a resurgent China-is the land where the future is being born. Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as one of the best books of 2013, The Myth of America’s Decline is a highly provocative look at how the United States, for all its failings, continues to be the leading business, political, and intellectual model for all other nations.

While it may be catnip for the media to play up America as a has-been, Josef Joffe, . .Gloom is a prophecy that must be believed so that it will turn out wrong. Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as one of the best books of 2013, The Myth of America s Decline is a highly provocative look at how the United States, for all its failings, continues to be the leading business, political, and intellectual model for all other nations.

Buttressing his argument with facts, Joffe demonstrates that America’s future is sanguine. In contrast to the Carter years, the economic woes of the Obama era look more like a nasty migraine. By historical standards, the . defense burden today is extraordinarily low, hence sustainable over the long haul.

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Josef Joffe, a German newspaper publisher and Stanford University academic, begs to differ, urging us to hold the despair. That Harvard professor he quoted was Henry Kissinger, writing in 1960. The Frenchman? Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, who died in 1788.