Synopses & Reviews
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President Trump has turned grassroots conservatives in a nationalist direction. But no one has yet explained the historical and philosophical underpinnings of American nationalism, or convincingly shown that American nationalism is what underwrites our freedom, prosperity, and security. Daniel McCarthy, editor of The American Conservative, presents a coherent, attractive, unembarrassed case for nationalism as the form of conservatism we need now in The Last Best Hope.
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Nationalism has been demonized by the media and many unsuspecting Americans as synonymous with exclusion, racism, and bigotry. They have maligned President Trump's populist, America-first attitude as neo-Nazi, white-supremacist, and demonic. Is there a rational case for nationalism?
The Last Best Hope: A Defense of American Nationalism presents a clear and unapologetic case for nationalism. Daniel McCarthy, prominent editor and journalist, takes a historical and philosophical approach to American nationalism, showing that nationalism is not a threat to democracy, but is entirely consistent with our founding principles of liberty, human rights, and the rule of law. He also argues that Trump's nationalism is exactly what the United States needs to survive in today's global environment.
In this straightforward book, McCarthy reveals:
How free markets and human rights depend on American power, not globalism How the United States stands as the most successful example of western civilization combining human dignity, the rule of law, and freedom How past figures in American history created a complicated legacy for both nationalism and liberalism today How religion serves as a cornerstone of great nations and civilizations
Daniel McCarthy's first book provides a compelling case that American conservatives should embrace nationalism as a proper defense of the nation state, and work to prevent nationalism from becoming mere statism.
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America is not the country it used to be. In just 20 years, the United States went from the world's undisputed superpower to a decaying nation intent on eating itself alive. What happened?
Decades of failed leadership, destructive ideas, and sclerotic administration have caused America's ruling class to forget the core principles that made our nation a beacon to the world. We've all seen it happen: financial crises, endless wars, demographic decline. Decay surrounds us, and our leaders seem hellbent on aggravating our problems rather than correcting them.
It happened too fast for people to make sense of. Where did our America go?
Debacle has the answers. In a clear and penetrating account of America in the 21st century, Daniel McCarthy takes the governing elite and their ideological commitments to task for betraying the American people's trust. Decline was a choice--and those who chose it need to be held accountable.
Recognizing the failures of our leaders is the first step on the path to recovery. McCarthy, one of the most impressive political thinkers of our day, offers both a bracing diagnosis of our civic disease and a bold prescription for rebuilding America. There is much to lament but much that can be done. Debacle is not for hand-wringers but for patriots who refuse to surrender their country.
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A legedary conservative editor and journalist takes on the crumbling, debased state of our union, details how we arrived at such a sorry point, and offers hints on how true patriots can turn this debacle around Fans of Mark Levin and Michael Knowles will love it. America is not the country it used to be. In just 20 years, the United States went from the world's undisputed superpower to a decaying nation intent on eating itself alive. What happened?
Decades of failed leadership, destructive ideas, and sclerotic administration have caused America's ruling class to forget the core principles that made our nation a beacon to the world. We've all seen it happen: financial crises, endless wars, demographic decline. Decay surrounds us, and our leaders seem hellbent on aggravating our problems rather than correcting them.
It happened too fast for people to make sense of. Where did our America go?
Debacle has the answers. In a clear and penetrating account of America in the 21st century, Daniel McCarthy takes the governing elite and their ideological commitments to task for betraying the American people's trust. Decline was a choice--and those who chose it need to be held accountable.
Recognizing the failures of our leaders is the first step on the path to recovery. McCarthy, one of the most impressive political thinkers of our day, offers both a bracing diagnosis of our civic disease and a bold prescription for rebuilding America. There is much to lament but much that can be done. Debacle is not for hand-wringers but for patriots who refuse to surrender their country.