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Author Rhodes, Ben, 1977- author.

Title After the fall : being American in the world we've made / Ben Rhodes.

Publication Info. New York : Random House, [2021]

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Edition First edition.
Description xvii, 358 pages ; 25 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents The authoritarian playbook. The currents of history ; Freedom's high-water mark ; "Take our country back": from Trianon to the Tea Party ; Identity politics ; Opposition ; The liberal order: an elongated reason cycle? -- The counterrevolution. The house of Soviets ; The song is the same ; Putin and Obama: two worldviews ; The system is rigged ; The Crimean war ; Democratic nationalism ; A war without violence -- The Chinese dream. Meet the new boss ; The outlier ; The Chinese dream ; Make China great again ; One country, two systems ; "The narrative of liberalism and democracy collapsed" ; Power doesn't give up without a fight -- Who we are: being American. Who we are ; We do big things ; Forever war ; The ocean liner ; Fight the smears ; After the fall.
Summary "In 2017, as Ben Rhodes was helping former president Barack Obama begin his next chapter, the legacy they worked to build for eight years was being taken apart. To understand what was happening in his own country, Rhodes decided to look outward, at the wider world. Over the next three years, he traveled to dozens of countries, meeting with politicians, dissidents, and activists confronting the same forces that produced the Trump presidency: spreading nationalism, authoritarianism, and disinformation. Along the way, he was spied on by former Mossad operatives and the Chinese government, met with Hong Kong protesters and Russian oppositionists, and found people from Europe to Asia to the United States struggling to reconcile their own identities with the crude nationalism of their leaders--all while pursuing new strategies to fight back. Equal parts memoir and reporting, 'After the Fall' is an ambitious and essential work of discovery. Throughout, Rhodes reflects on how the 2008 financial crisis completed a collapse of public confidence in America, globalization, and democracy itself, opening a door to the wave of strongman leaders who have transformed our world--men like Viktor Orban in Hungary, Vladimir Putin in Russia, and Xi Jinping in China. He wrestles with how peoples' yearning for identity and belonging has been weaponized by nationalists. And he learns from a diverse set of characters--from Obama to rebels to rising politicians--how we can choose a more hopeful story going forward"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject World politics -- 21st century.
Globalization -- Political aspects -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-
Nationalism -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Political corruption -- Hungary -- History -- 21st century.
Political corruption -- Russia (Federation) -- History -- 21st century.
Political corruption -- China -- History -- 21st century.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
HISTORY / World.
Globalization -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst00943538
Nationalism. (OCoLC)fst01033832
Political corruption. (OCoLC)fst01069240
World politics. (OCoLC)fst01181381
China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
Hungary. (OCoLC)fst01205132
Russia (Federation) (OCoLC)fst01262050
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009) (OCoLC)fst01755654
Chronological Term Since 2000
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title Being American in the world we've made
Other Form: Online version: Rhodes, Benjamin. After the fall. First edition New York : Random House, [2021] 9781984856067 (DLC) 2020056624
ISBN 9781984856050 (hardcover)
1984856057 (hardcover)
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