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The Case for American Power

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Availability:In StockContributor:Shadi HamidPublish date:11/11/2025Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9781668031889ISBN-10:1668031884UPC:9781668031889Book Category:Political ScienceBook Subcategory:International Relations, American Government, Comparative PoliticsSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC3E19K5ZR
A provocative case for why a better world is only possible with American power by Washington Post columnist Shadi Hamid.

From acclaimed author Shadi Hamid comes an urgent and deeply personal argument for why American dominance, despite its many flaws, remains the world's best hope. Hamid traces his journey from opposing America's role in the world to reluctantly embracing it--while grappling with how recent events, from Russia's invasion of Ukraine to Israel's devastating war in Gaza, have challenged his convictions.

Drawing on his unique perspective as both an American and a Muslim who came of age in the shadow of the September 11 attacks, Hamid contends with the contradictions of American power: how a nation founded on moral purpose so often fails to live up to its ideals. Hamid confronts head-on America's failures, from the war in Iraq to support for authoritarian regimes across the Middle East. Yet, he argues that in a world where power is a fact and someone must wield it, the alternative to American leadership isn't a morally perfect superpower--it's the brutal authoritarianism of countries like China and Russia.

At once idealistic and pragmatic, this is a book about embracing our power as the only moral option in a world beset by tragedy. Because America is a democracy, it retains the potential to correct past mistakes and change for the better. That part is up to us. Bracing and timely, The Case for American Power is an ambitious work on what may be the most fundamental question facing America today: How should we think about the power we have--while we still have it?
Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9781668031889ISBN-10:1668031884UPC:9781668031889Book Category:Political ScienceBook Subcategory:International Relations, American Government, Comparative PoliticsSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC3E19K5ZR
Shadi Hamid is a columnist at The Washington Post and a senior fellow at Georgetown University's Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. From 2023 to 2024, he served on the Post's edi­torial board. Hamid is the author of several books, including The Problem of Democracy and Islamic Exceptionalism, which was shortlisted for the 2017 Lionel Gelber Prize for the best nonfiction book on foreign affairs. In 2019, he was named one of the world's top fifty thinkers by Prospect magazine. Hamid lives in Washington, DC.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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