Joseph S. Nye, Jr., a longtime analyst of power and a hands-on practitioner in government, delivers a new power narrative that considers the shifts, innovations, bold technologies, and new relationships that are defining the twenty-first century. He shows how power resources are adapting to the digital age and how smart power strategies must include more than a country’s military strength. from publisher description.

U.S. Army Chief of Staff's Professional reading list, 2017; Military Reading List: Army, 2017; US Army War College Reading List 2012; Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-282) and index.

Part I.Types of power. -- What is power in global affairs? -- Military power --|t Economic power -- Soft power -- Part II. Power shifts : diffusion and transition. -- Diffusion and cyber power -- Power transition : the question of American decline -- Part III. Power. Smart power.