The following review (from Publishers Weekly) summarizes the thesis of The Post-American World "I occasionally find myself reluctant to be pulled into a world that's not mine, in the sense that I'm not a religious guy." "I do know a lot about the world of Islam in an instinctive way that you can't get through book learning," he says thoughtfully, but admits he finds the role of token Muslim explainer in the American media slightly uncomfortable. He is America's go-to man for global chaos, providing some urgently needed outside perspective on our never ending war on terror.His own upbringing was open-minded and secular he sang Christian hymns at school and celebrated Hindu as well as his own Muslim holidays. And he has continued to win himself a substantial following with his thoughtful critiques of the Bush administration's activities in Iraq. A Village Voice profile described Zakaria (a naturalized citizen of the United States) thusly:Īlthough he was a rising star in the serious foreign-policy world of the '90s ( The Nation once described him as a "junior Kissinger"), it was his post-9/11 Newsweek cover story "Why They Hate Us" that put him on the mainstream map as someone who could make sense of the now threatening outside world. television news programs, and authored several books on international issues. The The Post-American World was written by Fareed Zakaria, an Indian-born political journalist (commonly described as a "political moderate") who specializes in world affairs and has written for (and edited) U.S.
However, the characterization of the pictured book as "a Muslim's view of a defeated America" is erroneous: The book does not posit a "defeated America," nor does it express a Muslim point of view: He's reading "The Post-American World" - it's a Muslim's view of a defeated America! What does Obama read?Hussein Obama with a book in his hands. 'The Post-American World' is not a book offering 'a Muslim's view of a defeated America.'Ī photograph of Barack Obama carrying (and presumably reading) the best-selling book, The Post-American World, is a real one, snapped by Doug Mills of the New York Times in Bozeman, Montana, in May 2008:
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