With our Feature article on Theocracy this month, there was really only one book that could take the Spotlight…
“American Theocracy”
by Kevin Phillips
(from the publisher)- “From America’s premier political analyst, an explosive examination of the axis of religion, politics, and borrowed money that threatens to destroy the nation. In his two most recent New York Times bestselling books, American Dynasty and Wealth and Democracy, Kevin Phillips established himself as a powerful critic of the political and economic forces that are ruling and imperiling the United States. Now, Phillips takes an uncompromising view of the political coalition, led by radical religion, that is driving America to the brink of disaster.
From Ancient Rome to the British Empire, Phillips demonstrates that every world-dominating power has been brought down by a related set of causes: a lethal combination of global over-reach, militant religion, resource problems, and ballooning debt. It is this same axis of ills that has come to define America’s political and economic identity in the past decade. Military miscalculations in the Middle East, the surge of fundamentalist religion, the staggering national debt, the costs of U.S. oil dependence together these factors are undermining our nation’s security, solvency, and standing in the world. If left unchecked, the same forces will bring a debt-bloated, preachy, energy-starved America to its knees. With an eye on the past and a searing vision of the future, Phillips has written a book that no American can afford to ignore.”
Synopsis
“An explosive examination of the coalition of forces that threatens the nation, from the bestselling author of American Dynasty. In his two most recent bestselling books, American Dynasty and Wealth and Democracy, Kevin Phillips established himself as a powerful critic of the political and economic forces that ruleand imperilthe United States, tracing the ever more alarming path of the emerging Republican majoritys rise to power. Now Phillips takes an uncompromising view of the current age of global overreach, fundamentalist religion, diminishing resources, and ballooning debt under the GOP majority. With an eye to the past and a searing vision of the future, Phillips confirms what too many Americans are still unwilling to admit about the depth of our misgovernment.”
About the Author
Kevin Phillips has been a political and economic commentator for more than three decades. A former White House strategist, he is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times and NPR and writes for Harper’s and Time. His books include New York Times bestsellers The Politics of Rich and Poor and Wealth and Democracy.
Reviews
“A dazzling treatise….Phillips’s historical essay/polemic is provocative, though plenty of folks in Houston to say nothing of Washington won’t like it at all.” Kirkus Reviews
“If Phillips’s political allegiance has changed over the decades, the sharpness of his observations and the historical depth and range of his arguments as well as the wit and style gracing them have not.” Library Journal
“[A] thoughtful and somber jeremiad, written throughout with a graceful wryness. Its brilliance is so abundant even its asides are insightful…Everyone should have access to what American Theocracy so powerfully tells us about our country at this critical time.” Chicago Sun-Times
“If you consider yourself a Southerner, a born-again Christian fundamentalist, an oilman, a hedge fund manager, or even simply the driver of an SUV…American Theocracy should make you hopping mad, because in it he describes with fervid cogency just why he thinks you’re part of what’s wrong with the country today.” Baltimore Sun
