by Pete Hegseth
First published 2017
Pete Hegseth draws on Theodore Roosevelt's famous "Man in the Arena" speech to diagnose what ails American leadership at home and abroad. The Fox News contributor and Iraq and Afghanistan veteran argues that Roosevelt's vision of engaged citizenship and confident global leadership offers the cure for America's current decline. Hegseth weaves together his own combat experience with Roosevelt's call for "good citizens" and "good patriots" to make his case. He contends that the American experiment succeeded because ordinary people stepped up to defend it, but warns that this tradition now faces its greatest test. The book presents Roosevelt's ideas about equality of opportunity and unapologetic American power as the roadmap back to national greatness. Hegseth challenges readers to reject passivity and enter the arena of civic engagement before it's too late.
Genres: history, american, political-science, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century, military-history, american-history
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: call-to-action, personal-experience
Period: 21st-Century, 20th-Century
304 pages · Paperback · Threshold Editions