The Post-American World

This is a book not about the decline of America but
rather about the rise of everyone else.

Americans may admire beauty, but they are truly dazzled
by bigness. Think of the Grand Canyon, the California
redwoods, Grand Central Terminal, Disney
World, SUVs, the American armed forces, General Electric,
the Double Quarter Pounder (with Cheese), and the Venti
Latte. Europeans prefer complexity, the Japanese revere minimalism. But Americans like size, preferably supersize.