{"product_id":"9781591846628","title":"America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist argues that the resurgence of isolationism in the U.S. is an invitation to global disorder of a kind last seen in the 1930s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e Americans are weary of acting as the world's policeman, especially in the face of our unending economic troubles at home. President Obama stands for cutting defense budgets, leaving Afghanistan, abandoning Iraq, appeasing Russia, and offering premature declarations of victory over al Qaeda. Meanwhile, some Republicans now also argue for a far smaller and less expensive American footprint abroad. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePulitzer Prize–winning\u003ci\u003e Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e columnist Bret Stephens rejects this view. As he sees it, retreating from our global responsibilities will ultimately exact a devastating price to our security and prosperity. In the 1930s, it was the weakness and vacillation of the democracies that led to war and genocide. Today the regimes in Tehran, Damascus, Beijing, and Moscow continue to test America’s will. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmericans have often been tempted to turn our backs on a world that fails to live up to our idealism and doesn’t easily bend. But succumbing to that temptation always leads to tragedy. The mantle of global leadership is a responsibility we must shoulder for the sake of our freedom, our prosperity, and our safety. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerica in Retreat\u003c\/i\u003e is a warning and manifesto by one of America’s foremost foreign-policy thinkers. It will be hotly debated as the latest crises force our leaders to make difficult choices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47054917075184,"sku":"9781591846628","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781591846628_p0.jpg?v=1763807879","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781591846628","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}