Machine generated contents note: Introduction I -- part one lethal games -- 1 On theTrail of the Michigan Militia 14 -- 2 Smith &Wesson and Me 28 -- 3 The High-Risk Life of the Marlboro Man 40 -- 4 American Carnival 64 -- 5 Choice and Its Foes 73 -- 6 Death and God inTexas 89 -- part two Making It in America -- 7 Old and NewWest 12 -- 8 Corporate Gurus and RevealedTruth 135 -- 9 Greed, Gluttony, God, -- and the American Dream 148 -- 10 Beautiful Losers 162 -- 11 American Pyramid 171 -- part three Republic to fmpire -- 12 Government of the People 202 -- 13 On the Hispanic Frontier 233 -- 14 America in the World 255 -- Epilogue:American Century 278 -- Notes 290 -- Acknowledgments 294 -- Index 295.