title: From Wealth to Power: The Unusual Origins of America's World Role
author:  Fareed Zakaria 
description: "[<i>From Wealth to Power</i>'s] tightly argued thesis addresses a question sure to be revisited.... Its conclusions are both provocative and full of implications for the world today."<b>---Walter A. McDougall, <i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br /><br />"Mr. Zakaria persuasively illustrates [his] argument by examining America's emergence as a great power.... [His] account of turn-of-the-century American diplomacy is concise and insightful."<b>---Aaron L. Friedberg, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i></b><br /><br />"A significant contribution to the study of international relations." (<i>Choice</i>)<br /><br />"Beautifully conceived; dazzlingly executed: Zakaria's theoretical penetration is matched by his mastery of the process of America's coming of age as a great power. The book casts a bright light on the past and the futureand the future of international politics."<b>Kenneth N. Waltz, Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University</b><br /><br />"The theory of state-centered realism set forth in <i>From Wealth to Power</i> is the most important innovation in foreign policy theory.... This book shows how theory and history can be combined to improve the former and illuminate the latter. It is a superb example of qualitative social science analysis."<b>Samuel P. Huntington, Director, John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University</b>
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  The Post-American World
  
  
  “Rarely does a young author and journalist come along in possession of a
  prophetic brilliance, near-perfect clarity, and a stirring eloquence that
  combine to inform his readers concerning what lies ahead on the international
  landscape. Such a person is Fareed Zakaria. . . . In writing this book,
  Zakaria has performed a great service to America and the rest of the world.
  The Post-American World is a mirror that helps us examine the role of the
  United States and numerous other countries with honesty and candor. Readers
  will be greatly enlightened and richly rewarded by Zakaria’s exquisite
  understanding of international relationships, global politics, and economic
  development.”
  
  
  —Claude Lewis, Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  
  “A provocative and often shrewd take that opens a big picture window on the
  closing of the first American century and the advent of a new world. . . . Mr.
  Zakaria uses his wide-ranging fluency in economics, 