"The Absent Superpower" by Peter Zeihan. A Review
The Absent Superpower: The Shale Revolution and a World Without America by Peter Zeihan My rating: 5 of 5 stars In "The Absent Superpower" Peter Zeihan, geopolitical strategist, speaker and author, picks up where he left off in " The Accidental Superpower ." And in these 422 pages, published in January 2017, the author revs the engine to higher RPMs, slams into first gear, and screeches out onto the track. For a hardback packed with details about geology, oil production, politics, and history, it is amazingly an engaging read! My wife, who read the book, agrees! The main focus in the book is oil production, and specifically shale. Zeihan's premise is that the shale revolution has made the U.S.A. more independent from the rest of the world. Couple that with the end of the Cold War, and the rise of isolationism (evidenced in the 2016 Presidential election), then it is highly likely the America will pull back from the larger world allowing things to go to pot...