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The absent superpower : (Record no. 37856)

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fixed length control field	02421cam a2200301 i 4500
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field	20210729165916.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field	171010t20162016txuabd 000 0 eng d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN	9780998505206
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN	099850520X
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title	eng
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	327.73
Item number	ZEI
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name	Zeihan, Peter.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	The absent superpower :
Remainder of title	the shale revolution and a world without America /
Statement of responsibility, etc	Peter Zeihan.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement	First edition.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages	419 pages :
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc	The world is changing in ways most of us find incomprehensible. Terrorism spills out of the Middle East into Europe. Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, China and Japan vie to see who can be most aggressive. Financial breakdown in Asia and Europe guts growth, challenging hard-won political stability. Yet for the Americans, these changes are fantastic. Alone among the world's powers, only the United States is geographically wealthy, demographically robust, and energy secure. That last piece -- American energy security -- is rapidly emerging as the most critical piece of the global picture. The American shale revolution does more than sever the largest of the remaining ties that bind America's fate to the wider world. It re-industrializes the United States, accelerates the global order's breakdown, and triggers a series of wide ranging military conflicts that will shape the next two decades. The common theme? Just as the global economy tips into chaos, just as global energy becomes dangerous, just as the world really needs the Americans to be engaged, the United States will be ... absent. In 2014's The Accidental Superpower, geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan made the case that geographic, demographic and energy trends were unravelling the global system. Zeihan takes the story a step further in The Absent Superpower, mapping out the threats and opportunities as the world descends into Disorder--
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Petroleum industry and trade
General subdivision	Political aspects.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Oil-shale industry
General subdivision	Political aspects.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Isolationism
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Twenty-first century
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	International relations
General subdivision	History
--	Forecasting.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	War
General subdivision	Causes.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	POLITICAL SCIENCE
General subdivision	Government
--	Comparative.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Diplomatic relations.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Twenty-first century.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	World politics
General subdivision	Forecasting.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type	Books

Holdings
Lost status	Damaged status	Home library	Current library	Shelving location	Date acquired	Source of acquisition	Cost, normal purchase price	Full call number	Accession Number	Koha item type
		Central Library	Central Library	General Section	09/09/2020	Oura	2206.40	327.73 ZEI	036068	Books