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“Mark Steyn is a modern day Jeremiah with a quiverful of devastating one-liners, nailing what the liberals have done to our country. He presents an alarming—and frighteningly convincing—prophecy of where we’re headed. The choice is stark—we either listen to Steyn and act on his recommendations or face economic and cultural armageddon.”
—Mark Levin
“Mark Steyn has done it again. In his new book, After America, he clearly defines the dangerous signals which show America is embracing the same doomed path as the failed European economies, and how vital it is to implement and avoid policies right now to prevent us from the same fate.”
—Sean Hannity
“Only Mark Steyn can write about the decline of America and leave you laughing.”
—Ann Coulter
“Mark Steyn is a modern day Jeremiah with a quiverful of devastating one-liners, nailing what the liberals have done to our country. He presents an alarming—and frighteningly convincing—prophecy of where we’re headed. The choice is stark—we either listen to Steyn and act on his recommendations or face economic and cultural armageddon.”
—Mark Levin
“Mark Steyn has done it again. In his new book, After America, he clearly defines the dangerous signals which show America is embracing the same doomed path as the failed European economies, and how vital it is to implement and avoid policies right now to prevent us from the same fate.”
—Sean Hannity
“Only Mark Steyn can write about the decline of America and leave you laughing.”
—Ann Coulter
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Optimistic About America’s Future?
Don’t Be.
In his giant New York Times bestseller, America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It, Mark Steyn predicted collapse for the rest of the Western World. Now, he adds, America has caught up with Europe on the great rush to self-destruction.
It’s not just our looming financial collapse; it’s not just a culture that seems on a fast track to perdition, full of hapless, indulgent, childish people who think government has the answer for every problem; it’s not just America’s potential eclipse as a world power because of the drunken sailor policymaking in Washington—no, it’s all this and more that spells one word for America: Armageddon.
What will a world without American leadership look like? It won’t be pretty—not for you and not for your children. America’s decline won’t be gradual, like an aging Europe sipping espresso at a café until extinction (and the odd Greek or Islamist riot). No, America’s decline will be a wrenching affair marked by violence and possibly secession.
With his trademark wit, Steyn delivers the depressing news with raw and unblinking honesty—but also with the touch of vaudeville stand-up and soft shoe that makes him the most entertaining, yet profound, columnist on the planet. And as an immigrant with nowhere else to go, he offers his own prescription for winning America back from the feckless and arrogant liberal establishment that has done its level best to suffocate the world’s last best hope in a miasma of debt, decay, and debility. You will not read a more important—or more alarming, or even funnier—book all year than After America.
Don’t Be.
In his giant New York Times bestseller, America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It, Mark Steyn predicted collapse for the rest of the Western World. Now, he adds, America has caught up with Europe on the great rush to self-destruction.
It’s not just our looming financial collapse; it’s not just a culture that seems on a fast track to perdition, full of hapless, indulgent, childish people who think government has the answer for every problem; it’s not just America’s potential eclipse as a world power because of the drunken sailor policymaking in Washington—no, it’s all this and more that spells one word for America: Armageddon.
What will a world without American leadership look like? It won’t be pretty—not for you and not for your children. America’s decline won’t be gradual, like an aging Europe sipping espresso at a café until extinction (and the odd Greek or Islamist riot). No, America’s decline will be a wrenching affair marked by violence and possibly secession.
With his trademark wit, Steyn delivers the depressing news with raw and unblinking honesty—but also with the touch of vaudeville stand-up and soft shoe that makes him the most entertaining, yet profound, columnist on the planet. And as an immigrant with nowhere else to go, he offers his own prescription for winning America back from the feckless and arrogant liberal establishment that has done its level best to suffocate the world’s last best hope in a miasma of debt, decay, and debility. You will not read a more important—or more alarming, or even funnier—book all year than After America.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Mark Steyn's 'After America' strikes the right balance between gloom and hilarity,
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This review is from: After America: Get Ready for Armageddon (Hardcover)
In November of 2010, bestselling author and radio personality Mark Steyn gave a speech in London, Ontario, Canada entitled 'Head for the Hills: Why everything in your world is doomed.' While comical, Steyn put forth a very negative outlook for the West that addressed a lot of the major demographic challenges facing Western nations.
Steyn, is his new book After America: Get ready for Armageddon (Regnery Publishing) the much anticipated sequel to America Alone: The End of the world as we know it, focuses almost exclusively on the United States. The country that once shone as the beacon of wealth and freedom to the world lost its way, and Steyn doesn't pretend that patriotism and belief in American exceptionalism alone can fix the problems plaguing the nation. At one point in After America Steyn recounts a speech from Dennis Prager in which Prager dispelled myths that America's biggest threat was Barack Obama. Prager said that if Obama were to drop dead, nothing would change. Rather, the threat was that 'we have not passed on what it means to be American to this generation.' That's what Steyn sets out to change in his newest book. Mark Steyn brings to light the fact that the 111th Congress (2009-2010) spent more than Congresses 1-100 (1789-2009)'combined, that in just a few years, the U.S. will be spending more money on debt service than on its military, and the money spent on interest payments will be enough to fund the entire Chinese military, and many other shocking facts, accompanied by an in depth analysis of why people need to care. Drawing from some of the greatest thinkers of the past and present in his book, Steyn brings home lessons that people should have learned through history, particularly the recent history of Europe's economic and cultural crash, as well as many anecdotes and chapters in ancient history. Most shocking was Steyn's use of classic novels to illustrate his points. The shock comes not from an author using fiction to make his case for the decline of America, but that what's happening in the present day is so unprecedented, plot lines previously thought of as bizarre fantasy have become reality. Make no mistake: in the author's eyes, the United States is not facing a decline ' the decline is already happening, and has been since mid century. What's next for America is a fall, a plummet, and the result is not pretty. In addressing how the U.S. got to this point, Steyn seems to suggest that over-education (the word 'education' requires a very loose interpretation when discussing North American universities) and ever-increasing focus on feelings over pragmatism is one of the primary catalysts for the disaster that lies ahead. The average American is twice as old when they finish school as they were in 1940, and that was the generation that won a war and created more innovation for the United States than any generation prior. Steyn's After America is more than a summary of current events; it's a textbook for common sense that every patriot needs.
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Unpleasant Reality Approaches...,
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This review is from: After America: Get Ready for Armageddon (Hardcover)
As I recall from the original references on Amazon, this book was initially planned to be released in February 2010. I'm glad Mark Steyn waited the additional 18 months (and presumably added a lot more information), since it gave more time for the free-spending idiocy and radical-liberal fanaticism of the Obama administration to underscore and validate Mark's arguments even more. In a nutshell, it looks like a (slight) majority of Americans (i.e., Leftist/socialist/Marxist academics and entertainers, many of the students -- of all ages -- that they've successfully brainwashed, embittered trade unionists, public-sector employees, and the 95-plus percent of blacks who voted for Barack Hussein) are in SEVERE denial about the fiscal and social realities of their nation -- and how these are combining to render the future a dark and nasty place for America.
On page after page, Mark reveals the inexorable expansion of Big Government (on all levels), and the Big Deficits they inevitably create. It doesn't take an accountant to see the unsustainability of this level of spending (take a look at this Web site: [...] if you want to REALLY get scared), but Mark makes an equally compelling argument that it's not just -- or even primarily -- the out-of-control spending...it's the crushing of human spirit and personal freedom when the traditional American values of self-reliance, hard work and discipline get replaced with government over-regulation, societal micro-management, inter-generational Welfare dependency, and what I call the Tyranny of Political Correctness (which denies people the ability to truthfully and accurately discuss problems or criticize conduct, if doing so would hurt the feelings of any of the favored ethnicities, genders and sexual orientations in our Brave New World). Bottom line: the brown stuff is going to hit the fan absolutely before 2020. And, for you contemptuous Leftards who despise such messages, After America has FIFTY-ONE pages of footnote references to verify the author's horror stories. This is NOT just some politicized author's screed of personal opinion and biases (however much I might wish that were the case....).
14 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Social Decline,
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This review is from: After America: Get Ready for Armageddon (Hardcover)
Anyone reading this this book, will have either a strong positive reaction, or a very negative response. If you believe a society that has; thirty year old students, retirees in their fifties, massive welfare recipients, and large bureaucracies are a problem, you will enjoy this book. On the flip side, if you believe in global warming, the UN, and the progressive socialist dream, you are really going to hate this book.Steyn reviews the current social decline, in both Europe and America. The main theme is a turn over of our core Western values, such as industry and self reliance. The current Western democracies have morphed into a big government nanny state , and left the old values behind. The biggest sin of them all, is the massive run up in unsustainable government debt. These trillions of dollars of American debt, will never be paid back. This is going to be a titanic sized social disaster, and currently most people in Washington do not comprehend the problem. This book is a very fun and entertaining read. Steyn seems to have a knack for turning serious social issues, into entertainment. You can expect to laugh on more then a few occasions, throughout the book. Hopefully this book will also be a public wake up call.
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