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American theocracy the peril and politics of radical religion, oil, and borrowed money in the 21st century

Former Republican strategist Phillips takes an uncompromising view of the political coalition, led by radical religion, that is driving America to the brink of disaster. From Ancient Rome to the British Empire, Phillips demonstrates that every world-dominating power has been brought down by a relate...

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Main Author: Phillips, Kevin P.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2006.
Subjects:
Bush, George W. > (George Walker), > 1946- > Ethics.
Political corruption.
Church and state.
Fundamentalism > Political aspects.
Religion and politics.
United States > Politics and government > 2001-
United States > Economic conditions > 2001-2009.
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.
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Summary:Former Republican strategist Phillips takes an uncompromising view of the political coalition, led by radical religion, that is driving America to the brink of disaster. From Ancient Rome to the British Empire, Phillips demonstrates that every world-dominating power has been brought down by a related set of causes: a lethal combination of global over-reach, militant religion, resource problems, and ballooning debt. It is this same axis of ills that has come to define America's political and economic identity in the past decade. Military miscalculations in the Middle East, the surge of fundamentalist religion, the staggering national debt, the costs of U.S. oil dependence--together these factors are undermining our nation's security, solvency, and standing in the world. If left unchecked, the same forces will bring a debt-bloated, preachy, energy-starved America to its knees.--From publisher description.
Physical Description:xvi, 462 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-430) and index.
ISBN:067003486X
Author Notes:Kevin Price Phillips (born November 30, 1940) has been a political commentator for more than thirty years. He was educated at the Bronx High School of Science, Colgate University, the University of Edinburgh and Harvard Law School. Phillips worked on Nixon's presidential campaign in 1968 and in the White House after the election.

His books include: Post-Conservative America (1982), The Politics of Rich and Poor: Wealth and Electorate in the Reagan Aftermath (1990), Boiling Point: Democrats, Republicans, and the Decline of Middle Class Prosperity (1993), Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich (2002), Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism (2007), and 1775: A Good Year for Revolution (2012).

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