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PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-101472985486
ISBN-139781472985484
eBay Product ID (ePID)28050096123
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Book TitleWhen America Stopped Being Great : a History of the Present
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2021
TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Commentary & Opinion, American Government / National, United States / General
GenrePolitical Science, History
AuthorNick Bryant
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight23.7 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.5 in
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Reviews"A masterclass from an outstanding chronicler of modern America ... Insightful, thoughtful, and beautifully written." -- Orla Guerin "Nick Bryant is brilliant. He has a way of showing you what you've been missing from the whole story whilst never leaving you feeling stupid." -- Emily Maitlis "There are all too many people who can opine about the United States but there are very few with Nick Bryant's depth of knowledge, experience and empathy for the country and his ability to communicate intelligently, engagingly and entertainingly." -- Nick Robinson "Bryant is a genuine rarity, a Brit who understands America" -- Washington Post "A scathing indictment of the polarization and degradation that has transformed the US ... [A]n adroit political critique." -- Kirkus Reviews "Few outsiders explain America better than Nick Bryant or write about it as well. This is a must-read guide to an extraordinary time" -- Katty Kay "BBC foreign correspondent Bryant ( Confessions from Correspondentland ) delivers a revealing outsider's perspective on the roots of America's current state of 'disunion' ... Bryant's pithy observations offer fresh insight. This well-informed portrait of American dysfunction hits home." - Publishers Weekly "The great strength of Bryant's book is his ability to make large structural changes vivid through outsized personalities and his own personal experiences ... The result is readable, powerful and instructive." - The Washington Post, "A masterclass from an outstanding chronicler of modern America ... Insightful, thoughtful, and beautifully written." -- Orla Guerin "Nick Bryant is brilliant. He has a way of showing you what you've been missing from the whole story whilst never leaving you feeling stupid." -- Emily Maitlis "There are all too many people who can opine about the United States but there are very few with Nick Bryant's depth of knowledge, experience and empathy for the country and his ability to communicate intelligently, engagingly and entertainingly." -- Nick Robinson "Bryant is a genuine rarity, a Brit who understands America" -- Washington Post "A scathing indictment of the polarization and degradation that has transformed the US ... [A]n adroit political critique." -- Kirkus Reviews, "A masterclass from an outstanding chronicler of modern America ... Insightful, thoughtful, and beautifully written." -- Orla Guerin "Nick Bryant is brilliant. He has a way of showing you what you've been missing from the whole story whilst never leaving you feeling stupid." -- Emily Maitlis "There are all too many people who can opine about the United States but there are very few with Nick Bryant's depth of knowledge, experience and empathy for the country and his ability to communicate intelligently, engagingly and entertainingly." -- Nick Robinson "Bryant is a genuine rarity, a Brit who understands America" -- Washington Post "A scathing indictment of the polarization and degradation that has transformed the US ... [A]n adroit political critique." -- Kirkus Reviews "Few outsiders explain America better than Nick Bryant or write about it as well. This is a must-read guide to an extraordinary time" -- Katty Kay "BBC foreign correspondent Bryant ( Confessions from Correspondentland ) delivers a revealing outsider's perspective on the roots of America's current state of 'disunion' ... Bryant's pithy observations offer fresh insight. This well-informed portrait of American dysfunction hits home." -- Publishers Weekly, "Bryant is a genuine rarity, a Brit who understands America" -- Washington Post "Nick Bryant is brilliant. He has a way of showing you what you've been missing from the whole story whilst never leaving you feeling stupid." -- Emily Maitlis "There are all too many people who can opine about the United States but there are very few with Nick Bryant's depth of knowledge, experience and empathy for the country and his ability to communicate intelligently, engagingly and entertainingly." -- Nick Robinson "[A] scathing indictment of the polarization and degradation that has transformed the U.S. ... An adroit political critique." - Kirkus Reviews, Nick Bryant is brilliant. He has a way of showing you what you've been missing from the whole story whilst never leaving you feeling stupid., A masterclass from an outstanding chronicler of modern America ... Insightful, thoughtful, and beautifully written., "A masterclass from an outstanding chronicler of modern America ... Insightful, thoughtful, and beautifully written." -- Orla Guerin "Nick Bryant is brilliant. He has a way of showing you what you've been missing from the whole story whilst never leaving you feeling stupid." -- Emily Maitlis "There are all too many people who can opine about the United States but there are very few with Nick Bryant's depth of knowledge, experience and empathy for the country and his ability to communicate intelligently, engagingly and entertainingly." -- Nick Robinson "Bryant is a genuine rarity, a Brit who understands America" -- Washington Post "A scathing indictment of the polarization and degradation that has transformed the US ... [A]n adroit political critique." -- Kirkus Reviews "Few outsiders explain America better than Nick Bryant or write about it as well. This is a must-read guide to an extraordinary time" -- Katty Kay, A scathing indictment of the polarization and degradation that has transformed the US ... [A]n adroit political critique., "Rivetting, often revelatory, crammed with facts...a great deal of journalistic flair...an encyclopedic knowledge of public affairs and popular culture -- think of what would happen if George Packer and Rick Perlstein teamed up." - Washington Post "A scathing indictment of the polarization and degradation that has transformed the US ... [A]n adroit political critique." - Kirkus Reviews "BBC foreign correspondent Bryant ( Confessions from Correspondentland ) delivers a revealing outsider's perspective on the roots of America's current state of 'disunion' ... Bryant's pithy observations offer fresh insight. This well-informed portrait of American dysfunction hits home." - Publishers Weekly "Bryant is a genuine rarity, a Brit who understands America" - Washington Post "Few outsiders explain America better than Nick Bryant or write about it as well. This is a must-read guide to an extraordinary time" - Katty Kay "A masterclass from an outstanding chronicler of modern America ... Insightful, thoughtful, and beautifully written." - Orla Guerin "Nick Bryant is brilliant. He has a way of showing you what you've been missing from the whole story whilst never leaving you feeling stupid." - Emily Maitlis "An absolutely belting achievement ... An elegy for a lost nation and a lost cause." - Justin Webb "There are all too many people who can opine about the United States but there are very few with Nick Bryant's depth of knowledge, experience and empathy for the country and his ability to communicate intelligently, engagingly and entertainingly." - Nick Robinson "[Bryant] has a deeper understanding than many of the ebb and flow of history ... [His] breezy prose displays a keen eye for good quotations and telling anecdotes." - TLS, Few outsiders explain America better than Nick Bryant or write about it as well. This is a must-read guide to an extraordinary time, [Bryant] has a deeper understanding than many of the ebb and flow of history ... [His] breezy prose displays a keen eye for good quotations and telling anecdotes., Bryant has an encyclopedic knowledge of public affairs and popular culture ... The result is riveting, often revelatory, crammed with facts ... The great strength of Bryant's book is his ability to make large structural changes vivid through outsized personalities and his own personal experiences ... Readable, powerful and instructive., "Rivetting, often revelatory, crammed with facts...a great deal of journalistic flair...an encyclopedic knowledge of public affairs and popular culture - think of what would happen if George Packer and Rick Perlstein teamed up." -- Washington Post "A scathing indictment of the polarization and degradation that has transformed the US ... [A]n adroit political critique." -- Kirkus Reviews "BBC foreign correspondent Bryant ( Confessions from Correspondentland ) delivers a revealing outsider's perspective on the roots of America's current state of 'disunion' ... Bryant's pithy observations offer fresh insight. This well-informed portrait of American dysfunction hits home." -- Publishers Weekly "Bryant is a genuine rarity, a Brit who understands America" -- Washington Post "Few outsiders explain America better than Nick Bryant or write about it as well. This is a must-read guide to an extraordinary time" -- Katty Kay "A masterclass from an outstanding chronicler of modern America ... Insightful, thoughtful, and beautifully written." -- Orla Guerin "Nick Bryant is brilliant. He has a way of showing you what you've been missing from the whole story whilst never leaving you feeling stupid." -- Emily Maitlis "An absolutely belting achievement ... An elegy for a lost nation and a lost cause." -- Justin Webb "There are all too many people who can opine about the United States but there are very few with Nick Bryant's depth of knowledge, experience and empathy for the country and his ability to communicate intelligently, engagingly and entertainingly." -- Nick Robinson "[Bryant] has a deeper understanding than many of the ebb and flow of history ... [His] breezy prose displays a keen eye for good quotations and telling anecdotes." -- TLS, There are all too many people who can opine about the United States but there are very few with Nick Bryant's depth of knowledge, experience and empathy for the country and his ability to communicate intelligently, engagingly and entertainingly., "A masterclass from an outstanding chronicler of modern America ... Insightful, thoughtful, and beautifully written." -- Orla Guerin "Nick Bryant is brilliant. He has a way of showing you what you've been missing from the whole story whilst never leaving you feeling stupid." -- Emily Maitlis "There are all too many people who can opine about the United States but there are very few with Nick Bryant's depth of knowledge, experience and empathy for the country and his ability to communicate intelligently, engagingly and entertainingly." -- Nick Robinson "Bryant is a genuine rarity, a Brit who understands America" -- Washington Post "A scathing indictment of the polarization and degradation that has transformed the US ... [A]n adroit political critique." -- Kirkus Reviews "Few outsiders explain America better than Nick Bryant or write about it as well. This is a must-read guide to an extraordinary time" -- Katty Kay " BBC foreign correspondent Bryant ( Confessions from Correspondentland ) delivers a revealing outsider's perspective on the roots of America's current state of 'disunion' ... Bryant's pithy observations offer fresh insight. This well-informed portrait of American dysfunction hits home." - Publishers Weekly, "Bryant is a genuine rarity, a Brit who understands America" -- Washington Post "Nick Bryant is brilliant. He has a way of showing you what you've been missing from the whole story whilst never leaving you feeling stupid." -- Emily Maitlis "There are all too many people who can opine about the United States but there are very few with Nick Bryant's depth of knowledge, experience and empathy for the country and his ability to communicate intelligently, engagingly and entertainingly." -- Nick Robinson, "Bryant is a genuine rarity, a Brit who understands America" -- Washington Post "Nick Bryant is brilliant. He has a way of showing you what you've been missing from the whole story whilst never leaving you feeling stupid." -- Emily Maitlis "There are all too many people who can opine about the United States but there are very few with Nick Bryant's depth of knowledge, experience and empathy for the country and his ability to communicate intelligently, engagingly and entertainingly." -- Nick Robinson "[A] scathing indictment of the polarization and degradation that has transformed the U.S. ... An adroit political critique." -- Kirkus Reviews
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal320.97309/04
SynopsisThe story of how America's decline paved the way for Donald Trump's rise, unleashing a crisis in US democracy, 'Nick Bryant is brilliant. He has a way of showing you what you've been missing from the whole story whilst never leaving you feeling stupid.' - Emily Maitlis 'Bryant is a genuine rarity, a Brit who understands America' - Washington Post In When America Stopped Being Great , veteran reporter and BBC New York correspondent Nick Bryant reveals how America's decline paved the way for Donald Trump's rise, sowing division and leaving the country vulnerable to its greatest challenge of the modern era. Deftly sifting through almost four decades of American history, from post-Cold War optimism, through the scandal-wracked nineties and into the new millennium, Bryant unpacks the mistakes of past administrations, from Ronald Reagan's 'celebrity presidency' to Barack Obama's failure to adequately address income and racial inequality. He explains how the historical clues, unseen by many (including the media) paved the way for an outsider to take power and a country to slide towards disaster. As Bryant writes, 'rather than being an aberration, Trump's presidency marked the culmination of so much of what had been going wrong in the United States for decades - economically, racially, politically, culturally, technologically and constitutionally.' A personal elegy for an America lost, unafraid to criticise actors on both sides of the political divide, When America Stopped Being Great takes the long view, combining engaging storytelling with recent history to show how the country moved from the optimism of Reagan's 'Morning in America' to the darkness of Trump's 'American Carnage'. It concludes with some of the most dramatic events in recent memory, in an America torn apart by a bitterly polarised election, racial division, the national catastrophe of the coronavirus and the threat to US democracy evidenced by the storming of Capitol Hill.
LC Classification NumberE839.5
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