Glorious Causes: The Irrationality of Capitalism, War and Politics

ISBN-13: 9780367263201 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 280 str.

Yale R. Magrass; Charles Derber

Opis

Drawing on historical cases of the American South before and after the Civil War, Europe & Germany between the world wars, and the U. S. in Vietnam, this book takes a historical approach to explain the problems of capitalism and leadership in western democracies today.

Spis treści

Introduction: Not Such A Wonderful Life;  Chapter 1. An Irrational Cultural Divide: Cosmopolitans vs.Traditionalists;  Chapter 2. The South Shall Rise Again: Finding Glory in Defeat;  Chapter 3. Stabbed in the Back: The Master Race Shall Be the Master; Chapter 4. America Becomes Exceptional But Europe Prospers;  Chapter 5: Weimar America: Vietnam, the Left, the Right & Reagan;  Chapter 6. Make America Great Again: The Reagan in Trump and the Failures of Anti-Trumpism;  Chapter 7. We Can’t Afford Glory: Turning Toward Equality and Human Survival; Notes;  Index