Mandelbaum, Michael. <br/><br/>
The frugal superpower :  America's global leadership in a cash-strapped era / 
Michael Mandelbaum. 
 - New York :  PublicAffairs,  c2010. 
 - x, 213 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>The tyranny of numbers -- A new era -- Entitlements -- Foreign policy limits -- Chapter two the novelty of scarcity -- The arc of American foreign policy -- The limits of American decline -- The world's government -- Chapter three adaptation to scarcity -- The seat belt effect -- The end of intervention -- The limits of cooperation -- Chapter four the return of great-power politics? -- The global security order -- China -- Russia -- Chapter five the heart of geopolitics -- The Middle East -- Oil -- The new containment. 
<br/><br/> In this incisive new book, Mandelbaum describes the policies the United States will have to discontinue, assesses the potential threats from China, Russia, and Iran, and recommends a new policy centered on a reduction in the nation's dependence on foreign oil. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781586489168 (alk. paper) 158648916X (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010014453 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB073281  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015578547  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Finance, Public--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Foreign relations--21st century.<br/>Estados Unidos--Relaciones exteriores--Siglo XXI
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JZ 1480  / M271f 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>327.73