Bouře před klidem - Svár v Americe, nadcházející krize ve 20. letech 21. století a následné vítězství – Friedman George (2020)

How did it come to be that the United States is so divided and unsettled? In his engaging new book, George Friedman, a renowned geopolitical forecaster and bestselling author, addresses the question that most Americans are asking today. The Storm Before the Calm begins with a fresh examination of the key moments in American history – a newly conceived state developed at an unprecedented pace. A state emerged that was characterized by its ability to quickly transform from a weak colony into a dominant world power. Friedman identifies the primary drivers of this phenomenon: two geopolitical cycles that have accompanied the development of this country for two hundred and fifty years. The first is a pronounced 'institutional cycle' that occurs over eighty years since the founding of the state and characterizes every significant turning point in American history: the War of Independence (the 1770s and 1780s), the Civil War (the 1860s), World War II (the 1940s), and the looming crisis of the 2020s that is already on the horizon. The second is a 'socioeconomic cycle' that occurs every fifty years and manifests in American cultural dynamics as the formation of industrial classes, middle classes, and a technocratic class. In the analysis of today's...