HOW THE U.S. LOST INTERNET LEADERSHIP AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT

How did the United States, the global Internet leader in 2000, plummet to the middle tier of advanced nations in just eight years?

How did Japan, which lagged well behind at century’s end, soon overtake the United States and join the top rank of Internet leaders?

And what would it take for the United States to rejoin the Internet leadership circle?

These are some of the vital questions explored in Thomas Bleha’s timely study, Overtaken on the Information Superhighway. At stake for Americans are increased productivity, economic growth, and jobs; better solutions to the nation’s pressing problems; cutting edge innovation; and an improved quality of life for all.

This book grew out of an article, “Down to the Wire,” that Bleha wrote for Foreign Affairs. It was one of the first to warn of America’s fall Internet leadership and the unhappy consequences of that fall. To read the full article, click here.