Last Best Hope: America In Crisis And Renewal George Packer Vintage Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

Acclaimed National Book Award-Winning Author George Packer Diagnoses America\ S Descent Into A Failed State And Envisions Path Toward Overcoming Injustices Paralyses Divides How In Few Decades Did The United States Transform From Broadly Prosperous Middle-Class Country With Relatively Healthy Institutions Competent Leaders To Nation Defined By Discredited Elites Hollowed-Out Blatant Inequalities-Feared Pitied Our Friends Mocked Sabotaged Adversaries First World Covid Cases Deaths Led Recent Years An Incompetent Authoritarian Bigot? Last Best Hope Is Bracing Account Of Current Crisis New Era Civic Revitalization May Bring It End Combining Reportage Historical Narrative Autobiography Political Analysis Depicts Assesses Four Inadequate Narratives That Dominate American Public Life: Libertarian America Which Imagines Individuals Responsible For Their Own Fate Serves Interests Corporations Wealthy Cosmopolitan Ideology Silicon Valley Professional Elite Celebrates Globalization Leaves Many Communities Behind Diverse Defines Citizens As Members Large Identity Groups Have Inflicted Or Suffered Oppression White Shallow Nationalism Fears Contamination Non-Whites Treachery Coastal Poses Greatest Threat Democracy Lifetime At Time When Fear Experiment Self-Government Collapse Abraham Lincoln\ Words \ Die Suicide\ Shows None These Can Sustain Point Better Way Forward He Looks Back Previous Eras Discover Resources Invigorating Trenchant Social Vibrant Stinging Essayistic Voice Deep Knowledge Past Present Essential Contribution Literature Self-Examination Times Demand Σελίδες: 240 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm