Beyond Us Hegemony: Assessing the Prospects for a Multipolar World

by Samir Amin

Book Overview

In this major new work - the result of a lifetime of intellectual engagement - one of the developing world's most famous thinkers reflects on the times we live in. He argues that US hegemony has reached a dangerous new level under George Bush Jr, and that the US President's hubristic militarism will both lead to a never-ending cycle of wars and block all hopes of social and democratic progress, not just in developing countries, but in the North...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842777092
• ISBN13: 9781842777091
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"