AMERICAN DECLINE IN PERSPECTIVE, Part 1 : 'Losing' the world

AMERICAN DECLINE IN PERSPECTIVE, Part 1 : 'Losing' the world

More than six decades ago there was the "loss" of China, followed by the "loss" of Vietnam, then the latest American setbacks and defeats in Iraq and the Greater Middle East. Even so, the US remains the world's dominant power by a large margin, with no competitor in sight, not only in the military dimension, in which the US reigns supreme. - Noam Chomsky (Feb 15, '12) This is the first article in a two-part report.