After the Fall
Being American in the World We've Made
Ben Rhodes
- NEW
- YORK
- TIMES
- BESTSELLER
- •
- “Vital
- reading
- for
- Americans
- and
- people
- anywhere
- who
- seek
- to
- understand
- what
- is
- happening
- ‘after
- the
- fall’
- of
- the
- global
- system
- created
- by
- the
- United
- States”
- (New
- York
- Journal
- of
- Books),
- from
- the
- former
- White
- House
- aide,
- close
- confidant
- to
- President
- Barack
- Obama,
- and
- author
- of
- The
- World
- as
- It
- IsAt
- a
- time
- when
- democracy
- in
- the
- United
- States
- is
- endangered
- as
- never
- before,
- Ben
- Rhodes
- spent
- years
- traveling
- the
- world
- to
- understand
- why.
- He
- visited
- dozens
- of
- countries,
- meeting
- with
- politicians
- and
- activists
- confronting
- the
- same
- nationalism
- and
- authoritarianism
- that
- are
- tearing
- America
- apart.
- Along
- the
- way,
- he
- discusses
- the
- growing
- authoritarianism
- of
- Vladimir
- Putin,
- and
- his
- aggression
- towards
- Ukraine,
- with
- the
- foremost
- opposition
- leader
- in
- Russia,
- who
- was
- subsequently
- poisoned
- and
- imprisoned;
- he
- profiled
- Hong
- Kong
- protesters
- who
- saw
- their
- movement
- snuffed
- out
- by
- China
- under
- Xi
- Jinping;
- and
- America
- itself
- reached
- the
- precipice
- of
- losing
- democracy
- before
- giving
- itself
- a
- fragile
- second
- chance.The
- characters
- and
- issues
- that
- Rhodes
- illuminates
- paint
- a
- picture
- that
- shows
- us
- where
- we
- are
- today—from
- Barack
- Obama
- to
- a
- rising
- generation
- of
- international
- leaders;
- from
- the
- authoritarian
- playbook
- endangering
- democracy
- to
- the
- flood
- of
- disinformation
- enabling
- authoritarianism.
- Ultimately,
- Rhodes
- writes
- personally
- and
- powerfully
- about
- finding
- hope
- in
- the
- belief
- that
- looking
- squarely
- at
- where
- America
- has
- gone
- wrong
- can
- make
- clear
- how
- essential
- it
- is
- to
- fight
- for
- what
- America
- is
- supposed
- to
- be,
- for
- our
- own
- country
- and
- the
- entire world.
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