First published 2007
Pat Buchanan argues that America stands on the brink of disintegration. The nation fractures along lines of race, ethnicity, class and culture while foreign and domestic forces work to end U.S. sovereignty. Buchanan traces how President Bush embraced an ideology of global democratization after 9/11, leading to strategic disasters overseas and bitter divisions at home. He critiques the worship of free trade that destroys the dollar and eliminates manufacturing jobs. The author condemns using American troops to police the world and advance democratic revolution, calling it imperial folly. He warns that mass immigration from diverse cultures threatens national unity, unlike earlier European immigration that successfully assimilated. Buchanan declares that Pax Americana has ended, replaced by a struggle for global dominance between the United States, China, Russia and radical Islam. He presents a ten point program to secure borders, restore manufacturing strength, and end the culture wars that tear the country apart.
Genres: history, political-science, non-fiction, 21st-century, current-affairs, american-history
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: America, China, Russia, United States
Period: 9/11
304 pages · Hardcover · Thomas Dunne Books