The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives

The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives | Zbigniew Brzezinski | American Hegemony 101

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	The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives Zbigniew Brzezinski Basic Books, 1998 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 39 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

As the twentieth century draws to a close, the United States has emerged as the world?s only superpower: no other nation possesses comparable military and economic power or has interests that bestride the globe. Yet the critical question facing America remains unanswered: What should be the nation?s global strategy for maintaining its exceptional position in the world? Zbigniew Brzezinski tackles this question head-on in this incisive and pathbreaking book.The Grand Chessboard presents Brzezinski?s bold and provocative geostrategic vision for American preeminence in the twenty-first century. Central to his analysis is the exercise of power on the Eurasian landmass, which is home to the greatest part of the globe?s population, natural resources, and economic activity. Stretching from Portugal to the Bering Strait, from Lapland to Malaysia, Eurasia is the ?grand chessboard? on which America?s supremacy will be ratified and challenged in the years to come. The task facing the United States, he argues, is to manage the conflicts and relationships in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East so that no rival superpower arises to threaten our interests or our well-being.The heart of The Grand Chessboard is Brzezinski?s analysis of the four critical regions of Eurasia and of the stakes for America in each arena?Europe, Russia, Central Asia, and East Asia. The crucial fault lines may seem familiar, but the implosion of the Soviet Union has created new rivalries and new relationships, and Brzezinski maps out the strategic ramifications of the new geopolitical realities. He explains, for example: Why France and Germany will play pivotal geostrategic roles, whereas Britain and Japan will not. Why NATO expansion offers Russia the chance to undo the mistakes of the past, and why Russia cannot afford to toss this opportunity aside. Why the fate of Ukraine and Azerbaijan are so important to America. Why viewing China as a menace is likely to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Why America is not only the first truly global superpower but also the last?and what the implications are for America?s legacy. Brzezinski?s surprising and original conclusions often turn conventional wisdom on its head as he lays the groundwork for a new and compelling vision of America?s vital interests. Once, again, Zbigniew Brzezinski provides our nation with a philosophical and practical guide for maintaining and managing our hard-won global power.

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Brzenzinski's Blueprint for US domninance - follwe to the T by Bush

Everyone should read this book.

In the late 90's Brzenzinski gave his plan for how the US should dominate the world.

Bush has followed it to a T.

Interesting - Democrats plan - Republicans execution.

Fantastic that all the news sources have pretty much given it a pass.

B explains that to get the US people to attack middle asia - which he feels we must - it will take a Perl Harbor class event.

He also explains why it is necessary to dislodge governments friendly to Russia from the countries near russia.

Read it and think

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American Hegemony 101

Basically, this book is the work of a mastermind geostrategist that outlines his view of America's global role, and what we need to do to maintain our global preeminence. The book is dated-it was published in 1997-but in a way this makes it interesting as we can see how some of Brzezinski's predictions have come to fruition.

First things first, Brzezinski is not some kind of devious Dr. Evil, and he has been highly critical of American actions under the current administration, so to say that he is some sort of pre-cursor to the Bush doctrine is unfair and inaccurate. Obviously, any book that refers to the potential fate of whole countries as a grand game of chess is certain to ruffle feathers, but this is basically what international relations experts do. This is a practical, unsentimental, and insightful argument for American global primacy and how we should use our power and influence for good. This is not to say that I agree with this worldview, I don't, but there's no need to get hysterical about it.

Brzezinski mostly concentrates on Eurasia, which according to him is the central battleground for competing global powers. Not only does it have plentiful natural resources, but its geographic location-the meeting point between Europe and Asia-essentially make it the center of the advanced world. Brzezinski fluently describes the potential problem spots in this area as well as potential rivals, allies and global aspirants. France, Germany, Russia, China, and to a lesser extent Turkey and Iran are all important world players in this chess game and for what it's worth, Brzezinski favors friendly relations with all of these countries. Unlike our current leaders, he opposes the demonization of any country and insists that all the aforementioned powers can be brought into a mutually beneficial relationship.

To be fair, Brzezinski argues that a sudden end to American supremacy would likely be disastrous to the region, causing massive instability and anarchy. He also claims that if we abandon our imperial role, this will only leave the door open for another, perhaps less benevolent power to take our place. He also claims that America's hegemony is best understood as a temporary substitute for a more equal global partnership. Of course this is all debatable, and it is fair to argue that imperialism is the cause of this region's problems, but Brzezinski sees the world as it is, not as it should be.

So whether you see Brzezinski as a benevolent visionary, or a maniacal plotter of world domination, this book is an excellent glimpse into the mind of a brilliant globalist and international strategist. Highly recommended to anyone with the slightest interest in international affairs.

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Very informative

Although somewhat dry, this is a great book that delineates the world's hotspots and America's role in it. It does a good job summarizing the modern history of these regions and the relationships which the US must engage in order to maintain it's global leadership.

THE ANTI-US CONSTITUTION

Zbigniew Brzezinski's "The Grand Chessboard" is a geopolitical strategy for U S perpetual imperialism. Although he served as Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor, Zbig knows nothing of a U S Constitution. He favors imperialism and all its vulgar mafia-driven tenets; racism, mass murder, and plunder. As explained in Don't Weep for Me, America: How Democracy in America Became the Prince (While We Slept) Zbig contributed to the Neo-Con movement to re-map the Middle East by writing in "The Grand Chessboard" in 1997, "...as America becomes an increasingly multicultural society, it may find it more difficult to fashion a consensus on foreign policy issues, EXCEPT IN THE CIRCUMSANCES, OF A TRULY MASSIVE AND WIDELY PERCEIVED DIRECT EXTERNAL THREAT". His signal was picked up by the Neo-cons and on September 11, 2001, New York was the chosen target of A TRULY MASSIVE AND WIDELY PERCEIVED DIRECT EXTERNAL THREAT. Funny how these things happen...

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Advisor to Barack Obama

As recently reported, the author of this book Brzezinski has wholeheartedly endorsed Barack Obama for President for 2008, and was one of the first well known foreign policy experts to do so. Brezezinski has been chosen by Obama as his key foreign policy advisor. Barack Obama has also been very forthright in his praise of Brzezinski as "someone I have learned an immense amount from", and "one of our most outstanding scholars and thinkers".

Brezeinski's daughter is a regular TV host on various MSNBC news talk shows.

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