That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back

Thomas L. Friedman. Reflecting on America's past greatness and its slipping position among global powers, Pulitzer-Prize winning New York Times columnist Friedman (The World is Flat) and foreign policy expert Mandelbaum (The Frugal Superpower) warn against the United States' "dangerous complacency" in the face of increasingly complex global challenges.--Publisher's Weekly (Check Catalog)