An illuminating account of the birth and rise of the global political and economic system that, sustained first by Britain and now by America, created the modern world. Walter Russell Mead, one of our most distinguished foreign policy experts, makes clear that the key to the predominance of the two countries has been the individualistic ideology of the prevailing Anglo-American religion. Mead explains how this helped create a culture uniquely adapted to capitalism, a system under which both countries thrived. We see how, as ...
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An illuminating account of the birth and rise of the global political and economic system that, sustained first by Britain and now by America, created the modern world. Walter Russell Mead, one of our most distinguished foreign policy experts, makes clear that the key to the predominance of the two countries has been the individualistic ideology of the prevailing Anglo-American religion. Mead explains how this helped create a culture uniquely adapted to capitalism, a system under which both countries thrived. We see how, as a result, the two nations were able to create the liberal, democratic system whose economic and social influence continues to grow around the world. With wit, verve, and stunning insight, Mead recounts what is, in effect, the story of a centuries-long war between the English-speaking peoples and their enemies. Sustained by control of the oceans that surround them, the British and their American heirs built a global system of politics, power, investment, and trade over the past three hundred years. Along the way, the two nations developed a sophisticated grand strategy that brought the English-speaking powers to a pinnacle of global power and prestige unmatched in the history of the world. Since Oliver Cromwell's day, the English-speakers have seen their enemies as haters of liberty and God who care nothing for morality, who will do anything to win, and who rely on a treacherous fifth column to assure victory. Those enemies, from Catholic Spain and Louis XIV to the Nazis, communists, and Al-Qaeda, held similar beliefs about their British and American rivals, but we see that though the Anglo-Americans have lost small wars here and there, they have wonthe major conflicts. So far. The stakes today are higher than ever; technological progress makes new and terrible weapons easier for rogue states and terror groups to develop and deploy. Where some see an end to history and others a clash of civilizations, Mead sees the current conflicts in the Middle East as the latest challenge to the liberal, capitalist, and democratic world system that the Anglo-Americans are trying to build. What we need now, he says, is a diplomacy of civlizations based on a deeper understanding of the recurring conflicts between the liberal world system and its foes. In practice, this means that Americans generally, and especially the increasingly influential evangelical community, must develop a better sense of America's place in the world. Mead's emphasis on the English-speaking world as the chief hero (and sometimes villain) in modern history changes the way we see the world. Authoritative and lucid, God and Gold weaves history, literature, philosophy, and religion together into an eminently important work--a dazzling book that helps us understand the world we live in and our tumultuous times.
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Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Minor shelf wear to binding & edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Red hardcover, cream-color spine with gold-color lettering, x, 449 pp., unclipped jacket. First Edition stated. Light wear at ends of spine, no owner names or gift notes, clean text, tight binding, slightly worn jacket in nice condition overall. "An illuminating account of the birth and rise of the global political system that, sustained first by Britain and now by America, created the modern world."
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Near Fine in Nearr Fine jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, x + 449 pages, biege and red boards. A nearfine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with little shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price present.
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Fine in Fine jacket. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Stated first edition, 2007. Red hardcover with off-white spine, illustrated dustjacket. Fine condition, looks and feels new and unread, tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings, dustjacket unclipped and in mylar protector. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.