The Abandonment of the West
Title | The Abandonment of the West PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Kimmage |
Publisher | Basic Books |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2020-04-21 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1541646045 |
This definitive portrait of American diplomacy reveals how the concept of the West drove twentieth-century foreign policy, how it fell from favor, and why it is worth saving. Throughout the twentieth century, many Americans saw themselves as part of Western civilization, and Western ideals of liberty and self-government guided American diplomacy. But today, other ideas fill this role: on one side, a technocratic "liberal international order," and on the other, the illiberal nationalism of "America First." In The Abandonment of the West, historian Michael Kimmage shows how the West became the dominant idea in US foreign policy in the first half of the twentieth century -- and how that consensus has unraveled. We must revive the West, he argues, to counter authoritarian challenges from Russia and China. This is an urgent portrait of modern America's complicated origins, its emergence as a superpower, and the crossroads at which it now stands.
ABANDONMENT OF THE WEST
Title | ABANDONMENT OF THE WEST PDF eBook |
Author | MICHAEL. KIMMAGE |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | HISTORY |
ISBN | 9781541646056 |
-- The Abandonment of the West, historian Michael Kimmage shows how the West became the dominant idea in US foreign policy in the first half of the twentieth century -- and how that consensus has unraveled. We must revive the West, he argues, to counter authoritarian challenges from Russia and China. This is an urgent portrait of modern America's complicated origins, its emergence as a superpower, and the crossroads at which it now stands.
Lost America : The Abandoned Roadside West
Title | Lost America : The Abandoned Roadside West PDF eBook |
Author | Troy Paiva |
Publisher | |
Pages | 140 |
Release | |
Genre | Automobile travel |
ISBN | 9781610606530 |
A stunningly photographed examination of the roadside icons that dot America's landscape. Lost America celebrates the boom-to-bust towns, aircraft bone yards, and filling stations of days past that were sacrificed at the altars of speed and technology and relegated to windswept desert plains and abandoned fields. The eye-catching and memorable photography is complemented with a succinct text history that details the rise and fall of each subject. The result is an impressive tour of an America still standing, yet largely forgotten.
Landscapes of Abandonment
Title | Landscapes of Abandonment PDF eBook |
Author | Roger A. Salerno |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2003-10-23 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780791458457 |
Examines the relationship of modern life, including modern capitalism, to feelings and phenomena of abandonment.
The Fate of the West
Title | The Fate of the West PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Emmott |
Publisher | Profile Books |
Pages | 327 |
Release | 2017-04-27 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1782832998 |
When faced with global instability and economic uncertainty, it is tempting for states to react by closing borders, hoarding wealth and solidifying power. We have seen it at various times in Japan, France and Italy and now it is infecting much of Europe and America, as the vote for Brexit in the UK has vividly shown. This insularity, together with increased inequality of income and wealth, threatens the future role of the West as a font of stability, prosperity and security. Part of the problem is that the principles of liberal democracy upon which the success of the West has been built have been suborned, with special interest groups such as bankers accruing too much power and too great a share of the economic cake. So how is this threat to be countered? States such as Sweden in the 1990s, California at different times or Britain under Thatcher all halted stagnation by clearing away the powers of interest groups and restoring their societies' ability to evolve. To survive, the West needs to be porous, open and flexible. From reinventing welfare systems to redefining the working age, from reimagining education to embracing automation, Emmott lays out the changes the West must make to revive itself in the moment and avoid a deathly rigid future.
The Abandonment of the Jews
Title | The Abandonment of the Jews PDF eBook |
Author | David S. Wyman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 484 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781565844155 |
The classic analysis of America's response to the Nazi assault on European Jews.
Gone
Title | Gone PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Fitch |
Publisher | |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Photography |
ISBN |
Abandoned buildings in the West are the subjects of these haunting photographs depicting the daily life and melancholy beauty of what was left behind. The seventy-four color photos are a reminder of the American West as it used to be.