After the fall being American in the world we've made
"In 2017, as Ben Rhodes was helping former president Barack Obama begin his next chapter, the legacy they worked to build for eight years was being taken apart. To understand what was happening in his own country, Rhodes decided to look outward, at the wider world. Over the next three years, he...
| Main Author: | Rhodes, Ben, 1977- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The authoritarian playbook. The currents of history ; Freedom's high-water mark ; "Take our country back": from Trianon to the Tea Party ; Identity politics ; Opposition ; The liberal order: an elongated reason cycle?
- The counterrevolution. The house of Soviets ; The song is the same ; Putin and Obama: two worldviews ; The system is rigged ; The Crimean war ; Democratic nationalism ; A war without violence
- The Chinese dream. Meet the new boss ; The outlier ; The Chinese dream ; Make China great again ; One country, two systems ; "The narrative of liberalism and democracy collapsed" ; Power doesn't give up without a fight
- Who we are: being American. Who we are ; We do big things ; Forever war ; The ocean liner ; Fight the smears ; After the fall.