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Has the West Lost It?
- A Provocation
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
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Summary
Penguin Audio presents Has the West Lost It? by Kishore Mahbubani, read by Jonathan Keeble.
The West's centuries-old status as the centre of global wealth and power is coming to an end. As the new powers - China and India from Asia and others from Africa and Latin America - rise to the top of the world's pecking order, how should the West react? Kishore Mahbubani argues passionately and provocatively that the West can no longer impose its power and ideals on the world at large, and - paradoxically - that only by admitting its decline can the West set itself up for strategic success in the long term. Mahbubani examines the myths and self-delusions of Western power with an outsider's critical eye, and the shocking freshness of his geopolitical analysis will give all Westerners and political thinkers pause for thought.
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- Mr. A. P. Bisson
- 18-07-20
An excellent summary of the issues facing the Western Powers.
This book is a great little gem, no line is wasted and there is plenty of food for thought here for western policy makers. In a time of massive uncertainty - we need to start leading more with our heads and less with our hearts. The world is not black and white.
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- David Adams
- 26-09-18
Recommended
The author is sincere when he says he speaks as a true friend of the West, and the book is clear and concise and superbly argued. The only problems I found were that he writes with the same condescension he seems to have experienced from Western leaders as a diplomat, and his analysis of our relationships with Russia and the Middle East, though not critical to his overall argument, are really very simple-minded. Still, he seems wiser than most Western thinkers, and his argument should be heard by those in power.
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- Kuru K.
- 30-05-19
Kishore really understand East&West is a Must Read
This book is one of the best in examining what happening to East and West. I do really think that everyone must read this book and understands what has gone wrong in recent years in the West. Western People are being conned by their Political Parties. They divide them Left and Right or Democrat and Conservative this ploy and total control of the MSM brainwashing the Westerners. So unless there must be new breed of Political class raises from this there will be no way out.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-01-22
Concise and to the point.
Great review on the challenges facing the western nations in a changing world. Good solutions and good reasons why these solutions won't be implemented. Narrator was extremely good clear very good dramatisation and overall presentation depending on a listeners interest.
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- Hashi
- 24-01-21
US - China Geo Economic Problem Simplified
This book simplified the heart of the problem between USA, Western Countires and China. The writer cleverly delivers also common sense based policitcal economic solutions not only to the reader but also policy makers of both sides.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-01-23
Brilliant
Brilliantly written perspective of how the West continues to live in the dark ages while the East have surpassed them by a furlong. Great book
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- XF
- 10-04-21
Superficial
Missed opportunity. Largely paraphrases long known points without diving in, and with a big dose of naivety.
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