First published 2011
America faces an existential crisis. Pat Buchanan argues that the unified nation promised in the Pledge of Allegiance is dissolving before our eyes. Within decades, he contends, the America our parents knew will vanish completely. Buchanan identifies three primary causes of this national disintegration: the abandonment of Christianity as the country's foundational faith, the resulting moral and cultural breakdown, and the demographic decline of the population that originally built and governed the nation. Meanwhile, the federal government proves incapable of performing basic functions like securing borders, maintaining fiscal responsibility, or achieving military victory. Buchanan explores how Americans themselves are destroying the country they claim to cherish and warns of the consequences that await without dramatic change.
Genres: american, political-science, non-fiction, 21st-century, current-affairs, american-history
Vibes: thought-provoking
Tropes: social-commentary
Setting: America, United States
Period: 21st Century
496 pages · Hardcover · Thomas Dunne Books