The End of Power. Moisés Naím. First Edition, First Printing.

Moisés Naím. The End of Power. First Edition, First Printing.

NAÍM, Moisés. The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being in Charge Isn't What It Used to Be. New York: Basic Books, 2013.

First edition, first printing.

One of the most influential works on governance and political power published in the early twenty-first century, The End of Power challenges one of the central assumptions of political and institutional life: that those who hold authority are able to exercise it with the same permanence and effectiveness as in previous generations. Drawing upon examples from government, international relations, business, religion, finance, warfare, and civil society, Moisés Naím argues that power has become easier to acquire, more difficult to wield, and increasingly fragile to retain.

A former Venezuelan Minister of Trade and Industry, Executive Director of the World Bank, and long-serving Editor-in-Chief of Foreign Policy, Naím combines practical experience with rigorous analysis to explain how globalization, technological change, demographic shifts, and the rapid movement of information have transformed the nature of leadership and institutional authority. The result is a work that has become a modern reference in political science, international affairs, public policy, and strategic management.

Widely praised upon publication by leading statesmen and scholars—including Bill Clinton, Francis Fukuyama, George Soros, Arianna Huffington, and Fernando Henrique Cardoso—the book remains highly relevant for understanding the contemporary challenges confronting governments, multinational corporations, international organisations, and political leaders. It was also shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award and later selected by Mark Zuckerberg as the inaugural title in his widely followed "Year of Books" reading initiative.

Offered here is the true first edition, first printing, identifiable by the complete number line ending in "1" on the copyright page. An increasingly desirable modern first edition for collectors of political thought, governance, diplomacy, and international relations.

Condition

Original publisher's black cloth-backed boards with gilt lettering to the spine, in the original unclipped dust jacket. Binding firm, square, and sound. The dust jacket shows moderate shelf wear, including rubbing to the extremities, creasing and small closed tears at the head of the spine, and light edge wear consistent with careful handling. Internally exceptionally clean, with bright pages free from inscriptions, markings, foxing, or other notable defects. A very good copy of an important modern work on the changing nature of political and institutional power.

Bibliographical Details

• Author: Moisés Naím
• Title: The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being in Charge Isn't What It Used to Be
• Publisher: Basic Books, New York
• Year: 2013
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: First Printing (full number line ending in "1")
• Binding: Original publisher's cloth-backed boards
• Dust Jacket: Original unclipped dust jacket