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 rule—and imperil—the United States, tracing the ever more alarming path of the emerging Republican majority’s 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.

ケビン・フィリップスが放つ本作は、帝国の黄昏を冷徹に見つめる現代の叙事詩です。石油依存、宗教的過激化、そして膨らむ債務。これら三つの火種がいかに国家を侵食しているか。歴史の審判者たる著者の筆致は、かつて繁栄した帝国の崩壊と現代を重ね合わせ、読者に慄然とする予言を突きつけます。 文学的魅力は、データの背後にある「国家の精神的変質」を鮮やかに描く洞察力にあります。衰退と信仰の先鋭化が絡み合う様は、必然の悲劇へと向かうドラマのようです。本作は、現実の危うい均衡を問い直す、知識人必読の黙示録なのです。