The Great American Decline?

It is a popular idea these days that America has passed its prime and is now in decline. And this is true not just among its critics, but among Americans themselves. In a poll in January 2013, 50 percent of those asked believed that America’s best days were behind it.

Certainly there can be no doubt that the world’s only Superpower took some hard knocks in the first years of the 21st century.

Read more in Access to English: Social Studies, pp. 294-299. Then do the tasks in the textbook and on this website.

The USA is still unmatched as a military superpower. The USA is still unmatched as a military superpower.