The End of Power : From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be

Summary: The provocative bestseller explaining the decline of power in the twenty-first century — in government, business, and beyond. br> Power is shifting — from large, stable armies to loose bands of insurgents, from corporate leviathans to nimble start-ups, and from presidential palaces to public squares. But power is also changing, becoming harder to use and easier to lose. In The End of Power , award-winning columnist and former Foreign Policy editor MoiséNaíilluminates the struggle between once-dominant megaplayers and the new micropowers challenging them in every field of human endeavor. Drawing on provocative, original research and a lifetime of experience in global affairs, Naíexplains how the end of power is reconfiguring our world. "The End of Power will . . . change the way you look at the world." — Bill Clinton "Extraordinary." — George Soros "Compelling and original." — Arianna Huffington "A fascinating new perspective . . . Naímakes eye-opening connections." — Francis Fukuyama