What is America? A Short History of the New World Order

Alfred A. Knopf Canada. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2008. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0676979823 . Stated First Edition, First Printing ( Number Line) . Black Hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine. Near Fine, tight, bright & unmarked with a crease to the spine. The DJ is unclipped, in Fine condition. "The USA is now the world's lone superpower, whose deeds could make or break this century. For better and worse, America has Americanized the world. How did a marginal frontier society, in a mere two centuries, become the de facto ruler of the world? Why do America's great achievements in democracy, prosperity and civil rights now seem threatened by forces within itself? Brimming with insight into history and human behaviour, and written in Wright's captivating style, What Is America? Shows how this came to pass; how the United States, which regards itself as the most modern country on earth, is also deeply archaic, a stronghold not only of religious fundamentalism but of modern beliefs in limitless progress and a universal mission that have fallen under suspicion elsewhere in the west, a rethinking driven by two World Wars and the reckless looting of our planet. "; 8.3 X 5.5 X 1.3 inches; 384 pages .