Power is shifting — from large, stable armies to loose bands of insurgents, from corporate leviathans to nimble start-ups, and from presidential palaces to public squares. But power is also changing, becoming harder to use and easier to lose. Naim illuminates the struggle between once-dominant mega-players and the new micro-powers challenging them in every field of human endeavor.

Army reading list. Chief of Staff's Professional Reading List Includes bibliographical references and index.

The decay of power --Making sense of power : how it works and how to keep it -- How power got big : an assumption's unquestioned rise -- How power lost its edge : the more, mobility, and mentality revolutions -- Why are landslides, majorities, and mandates endangered species? : the decay of power in national politics -- Pentagons versus pirates : the decaying power of large armies -- Whose world will it be? Vetoes, resistance, and leaks : or why geopolitics is turning upside down -- Business as unusual : corporate dominance under siege -- Hyper-competition for your soul, heart, and brain -- The decay of power : is the glass half-full or half-empty? -- Power is decaying : so what? what to do?.