Europe - Diplomatic Relations with the U.S., World Politics, 20th Century American History - Relations - General & Miscellaneous, Japan - Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Politics & Government - 1988-1993, U.S. Diplomatic Relations - History
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Overview
No issue may be more crucial to America's standing in the world than its widening competition with Japan and Germany, a struggle rooted in the three nations' potentially irreconcilable yet deeply held cultural and political traditions. In a powerful analysis drawn from two decades of high-level experience in both government and business, Jeffrey E. Garten shows that the greatest threat to America's national security may well emerge from our reluctance to recognize how the global rules of the game have changed and our failure to adopt a new mind-set not only toward Japan and Germany but toward ourselves as well.Editorials
Publishers Weekly -
As political and economic forces push the three superpowers--the United States, Germany and Japan--further apart, the Cold War could give way to a very ``cold peace.'' That is the prognosis of Garten, who held senior White House and State Department posts under Nixon, Ford and Carter and is now an investment banker, in an important, clear-eyed book for anyone struggling to come to grips with the changing world order. Drawing on his broad experience, he argues that many disputes among the ``Big Three'' are rooted in the different kinds of capitalism the three countries practice. Relations among the Big Three, he predicts, may deteriorate through squabbles over regional trade blocs, aid to the former Soviet Union and the role of the U.N. and the World Bank. Garten paints a sobering picture of the ``German Empire'' 's dominant role within the European Community and of Japan's tightening rein over its East Asian superbloc. Calling for collective Big Three leadership to solve mutual problems, he predicts that America in the '90s will measure itself against what Japan and Germany are becoming. (July)Library Journal
Garten, who held staff positions in the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations and who is now an investment banker with the Blackstone Group specializing in international business, has written one of the better surveys of the post-Cold War era to date. Especially useful is his discussion of the historical background of the new ``Big Three'' and how each country traveled its own path to prominence. Garten's main point is that, of the three, the United States still has the most potential as a world leader, but not until it pays more organized and effective attention to its domestic problems. Until the deficit and manufacturing sectors can be revamped, the United States will have difficulty competing. This work compares favorably with other new books like Jeffrey Bergner's The New World Order ( LJ 9/1/91) . Recommended.-- Edward Goedeken, Purdue Univ. Libs., West Lafayette, Ind.Book Details
Published
June 12, 1992
Publisher
New York : Times Books, c1992.
Pages
277
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780812919790