Synopsis
In AMERICAN THEOCRACY, Kevin Phillips raises a warning flag. Drawing lessons from previous dynasties and the ways they fell--Rome, Spain, the British Empire--Phillips sees in America a dangerous combination of political and economic indicators: huge debt and spending, religion on the march, an over-dependence on oil, and an imperial ruling style. He explains how this volatile cocktail, driven by the religious right, imperils not only national security but our way of life. A former Republican strategist, Phillips addressed similar issues in his previous WEALTH AND DEMOCRACY and AMERICAN DYNASTY.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2007-03-27 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 464 pages | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 8.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 11.2 oz |
Publisher's Note
A former Republican strategist and long-time political commentator evaluates today's political climate and the inherent dangers posed by such factors as global over-reach, religious fundamentalism, and ballooning debt, in an account that draws on historical examples while making cautionary predictions about America's growing vulnerability. Reprint. 500,000 first printing.
Industry Reviews
"In an era of bestselling jeremiads on both sides of the political divide, AMERICAN THEOCRACY may be the most alarming analysis of where we are and where we may be going to have appeared in many years. It is...extensively researched and for the most part frighteningly persuasive....What makes this book powerful...is [Phillips's] rare gift for looking broadly and structurally at societal and political change. By describing a series of major transformations, by demonstrating the relationships among them and by discussing them with passionate restraint, Phillips has created a harrowing picture of national danger that no American reader will welcome, but that none should ignore."
"...Phillips is a declinist and a persuasive one....[H]is book is an indispensable presentation of the case against things as they are."
(03/27/2006)
"The book is an amalgam, combining a detailed you-are-there narrative of the military campaign with an analysis of the failures of the American plan that facilitated the subsequent insurgency. It is part yarn, part polemic. Both aspects are brilliantly done, but they never really mesh....The implausibility of their story is owed, rather, to a fundamental defect in the military plot: our forces were not exactly fighting the Wermacht or the Red Army as they advanced toward Baghdad."
(04/17/2006)
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