However, Fukuyama also makes clear that the conditions necessary for political development prior to the Industrial Revolution were much different than the needed conditions after. Second, he sought to understand why so many of America's attempts to spread democracy to other parts of the world have not achieved their intended goals, especially those efforts undertaken since 9/11. Huntington's 1968 political science classic, Political Order in Changing Societies, a book Fukuyama regards as quintessential reading for anyone seeking a roadmap to political development in the western world. First, he wanted to update the information in Samuel P. In the preface, Fukuyama explains his twofold motivation for writing the book. In 2014, Fukuyama released a sequel entitled Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Present Day.

Fukuyama's findings better illuminate why so many of the United States' modern state building efforts, from Iraq to Somalia, have largely failed by examining the historical context for these failures. In his nonfiction book The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution (2011), American political scientist and economist Francis Fukuyama explores the components of what it takes for a state to maintain its political stability.

The origins of political order