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Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush—functioned as the first successive global leaders after the Cold War. Zbigniew Brzezinski argues that the United States squandered substantial power and prestige and that blame for shortcomings is not equally distributed among the presidents. The book balances sharp critique with practical guidance on how America can rebuild its global stature amid a new era of global political awakening.","he last three presidential administrations—BushSenior,Clinton,and Bush Junior—span less than twodecades but cover a pivotally important time:a periodin which the United States,having emerged from the ColdWar as the unquestioned victor,enjoyed a degree ofinternational dominance that was unprecedented in thehistory of the world.These three American presidents werenot mere heads of state but the de facto leaders of the world.  \nSecond Chance is a dispassionate,unsparing assessmentof how the three presidents performed as history's firstsuccessive global leaders,and how that performance wasinfluenced by their personal leadership styles.ZbigniewBrzezinski,America's most distinguished commentator oninternational affairs,concludes that the United States hassquandered a great deal of its power and prestige.Nopresident escapes criticism,though the blame is by no meansshared equally.Brzezinski concludes by recommending howAmerica can regain its global stature in today's era of globalpolitical awakening.  \nEven-handed yet hard-hitting,Second Chance provides notonly a critical appraisal but also a constructive guide forAmerica's role in the world.  \nSECONDCHANCE  \nZBIGNIEWBRZEZINSKI  \nAuthor of The Choice and The Grand Chessboard  \nSECONDCHANCE  \nThree Presidentsand the Crisis ofAmerican Superpower  \nZBIGNIEWBRZEZINSKI  \nCopyright ◎2007 by Zbigniew BrzezinskiPublished by Basic Books,A Member of the Perseus Books Group  \nAll rights reserved.Printed in the United States of America.No part ofthis book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without writtenpermission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articlesand reviews.For information,address Basic Books[or other name],387 ParkAvenue South,New York,NY 10016-8810.  \nBooks published by Basic Books are available at special discounts for bulkpurchases in the United States by corporations,institutions,and otherorganizations.For more information,please contact the Special MarketsDepartment at the Perseus Books Group,11 Cambridge Center,CambridgeMA 02142,or call(617)252-5298 or(800)255-1514,or e-mailspecial.markets@perseusbooks.com.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nBrzezinski,Zbigniew.  \nSecond chance:three presidents and the crisis of American superpower/Zbigniew Brzezinski.  \np.cm.Includes index.  \nISBN-13:978-0-465-00252-8(alk.paper)ISBN-10:0-465-00252-8(alk.paper)  \n1.United States—Foreign relations—1989-.2.Bush,George,1924-.  \n3.Clinton,Bill,1946-.4.Bush,George W.(George Walker),1946-.I.Title  \nJZ1480.B692007  \n327.73—dc22  \nContents  \n1 The Challenge of Global Leadership  \n1  \n2 The Mists of Victory17(and the Spawning of Clashing Historical Visions)Confused Expectations÷The Search for Certitude  \n3 The Original Sin45(and the Pitfalls of Conventional Imagination)Victorious Diplomacy&Forsaken Triumph  \n4 The Impotence of Good Intentions83(and the Price of Self-Indulgence)Shaping the Future÷Confronting the Past  \n5 Catastrophic Leadership135(and the Politics of Fear)\"The Central Front\"as the Cemetery ofNeocon Dreams÷And the Rest of the World  \n# 1\n\n(and America's Second Chance)  \nHow Has America Led?令Will America Have a SecondChance?+The Geopolitics of Global Political Awakening  \nAcknowledgments  \n217  \n# The Challenge ofGlobal Leadership\n\nIndex  \n219  \nHE SELF-CORONATION OF THE U.S.PRESIDENT ASthe first Global Leader was a moment in historical time ifnot a specific date on the calendar.It followed the collapse ofthe Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.The Americanpresident simply began to act as the global leader without anyofficial international blessing.The American media proclaimedhim as such,foreigners deferred to him,and a visit to theWhite House(not to mention Camp David)became the highpoint in any foreign leader’s political 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