The best (and most fun!) book yet to critique the idea of a single superpower. Heavily aimed at George W. Bush’s version of the rogue meme, but also goes after the same strain of ideas in the Clinton administration and in organizations like the International Monetary Fund.
Prestowitz is a conservative with deep credentials. This book is based on interviews with leaders around the world, as well as Prestowitz’ own analysis. He is a superb explainer and demystifier of power and world affairs, in the traditional paradigm. He provides facts and insider accounts that are very valuable if you want to know how the top-down, militarist, arrogant power system operates–and fails.
Rogue Nation: American Unilateralism and the Failure of Good Intentions, by Clyde Prestowitz. (Basic Books, 2003)
