In 1991, following the breakup of first the Soviet bloc and then the Soviet Union itself, the United States remained as the sole global superpower. The 21st century seemed destined to be another American era. However, this optimism did not last long, as the monetary market bubble and the costly foreign policy of the recent Bush presidency, as well as the financial catastrophe of 2008, jolted America - and much of the West - into a sudden recognition of its systemic vulnerability to uncontrolled greed. In the book Strategic Vision, the distinguished author and former national security advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, argues that in order to combat growing concerns about the East's increasing capacity for economic and technological innovation, America must define and pursue a long-term geopolitical vision. Only in this way can it become more strategically purposeful and historically enlightened in its global engagement with the new East. A tactical guide, Strategic Vision argues that without an America that is economically vital, socially attractive, responsibly powerful, and capable of maintaining a smart outward engagement, the geopolitical prospects for the West could become increasingly bleak.