{"product_id":"after-the-fall-being-american-in-the-world-weve-made-by-ben-rhodes","title":"After the Fall Being American in the World We've Made by Ben Rhodes","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLING AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e'A dystopian odyssey through the dark authoritarian landscape of the modern world' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo be born American in the late twentieth century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewas to take the fact of a particular kind of American\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eexceptionalism as granted - a state of nature arrived at\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eafter all else had failed. In the span of just thirty years,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ethis assumption would come crashing down.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter the fall, we must determine what\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eit means to be American again.\u003c\/b\u003eIn 2017, as Ben Rhodes was helping 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 America, Rhodes decided to look outwards. Over the next three years, he travelled to dozens of countries, meeting with politicians, activists, and dissidents confronting the same nationalism and authoritarianism that was tearing America apart. Along the way, a Russian opposition leader he spends time with is poisoned, the Hong Kong protesters he comes to know see their movement snuffed out, and America itself reaches the precipice of losing democracy before giving itself a second chance.\u003ci\u003eAfter the Fall\u003c\/i\u003e is a hugely ambitious and essential work of discovery. Throughout, Rhodes comes to realize how much America's fingerprints are on a world it helped to shape: through the excesses of the post-Cold War embrace of unbridled capitalism, post-9\/11 nationalism and militarism, mania for technology and social media, and the racism that shaped the backlash to the Obama presidency. At the same time, he learns from a diverse set of characters - from Obama to rebels to a rising generation of leaders - how looking squarely at where America has gone wrong only makes it more essential to fight for what America is supposed to be - for itself, and for the entire world.\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781526642042\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43016124694591,"sku":null,"price":27.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/8626\/8223\/files\/14927933482731.jpg?v=1773744708","url":"https:\/\/bookconnection.com.au\/products\/after-the-fall-being-american-in-the-world-weve-made-by-ben-rhodes","provider":"The Book Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}