{"product_id":"9781550925579","title":"Decline and Fall: The End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in 21st Century America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThings fall apart; the center cannot hold;\u003cbr\u003eMere anarchy is loosed upon the world.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough he was writing nearly a century ago, William Butler Yeats could just as easily be describing the United States today. The decline and fall of America's global empire is the central feature of today's geopolitical landscape, and the nature of our response to it will determine much of our future trajectory, with implications that reach far beyond the limits of one nation's borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDecline and Fall: The End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in 21st Century America\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the conventional wisdom of empire. Using a wealth of historical examples combined with groundbreaking original analysis, author John Michael Greer:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how the United States has backed itself into a blind corner in the pursuit of political and economic power\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the inevitable consequences of imperial collapse\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProposes a renewal of democratic institutions as the only constructive way forward\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy shifting the conversation from whether today's American empire \u003ci\u003eshould\u003c\/i\u003e survive to whether it \u003ci\u003ecan\u003c\/i\u003e survive, and arguing persuasively that the answer to the latter question is \"no,\" \u003ci\u003eDecline and Fall\u003c\/i\u003e makes an invaluable contribution to the body of speculative post-industrial literature. This book is a must-read for anyone concerned about the state of the Union, or who believes that the time has come to reinvent the American Dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Michael Greer\u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar of ecological history, an internationally renowned Peak Oil theorist, and the author of more than thirty books including \u003ci\u003eThe Long Descent\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173588320496,"sku":"9781550925579","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781550925579_p0.jpg?v=1769898759","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781550925579","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}