The End of the American Empire: The Challenges and Choices Facing the United States in the Twenty-First Century - and the Positive Change Needed to Save It - Softcover

Watts, Patrick

 
9781738446902: The End of the American Empire: The Challenges and Choices Facing the United States in the Twenty-First Century - and the Positive Change Needed to Save It

Synopsis

"Empire" carries huge historical baggage, but America is undeniably an imperial superpower - and yet all empires must end. Whether the US collapses swiftly from internal and external pressures, or declines and dissolves more peacefully over several centuries, depends on what its citizens and leaders do today. The present moment has never been more perilous.

Written from a sympathetic and non-partisan perspective, this book addresses the current climate as the country gears up for the 2024 presidential election. It lays out the historical, political, socio-economic and geopolitical reasons why the American Empire might crumble sooner rather than later, with enormous domestic and global consequences, unless action is taken at every level.

Confronted by troubles at home and rivals abroad, America has its work cut out if it is to endure much longer. Its citizens deserve better - better institutions, greater social harmony, more reliable media, cleaner politicians - and the world yearns for more ethical leadership and less risk of catastrophic conflict. The End of the American Empire examines all these topics with bracing honesty and compassionate concern, seeking to generate healthy debate and necessary change.

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About the Author

Patrick Watts studied his undergraduate degree in History at Birmingham University, England. Without the means to complete a desired Master of Arts degree after university, he entered industry where he has been a successful Chartered Financial Adviser for over a decade. His career has allowed him the time and resources to complete his Master of Arts degree within the prestigious war studies department at King's College London, studying International Relations and Contemporary Warfare. His dissertation laid the groundwork for this book, entitled: "Method not madness: Discourse analysis to examine how President Trump has attempted to alter NATO principles, identity and culture". Patrick is currently studying to complete his Master of Science degree with the Alef Trust, in Consciousness, Spirituality, and Transpersonal Psychology.

As a British Americanophile, he has a deep love for a country that is not his own and can analyse all aspects of the American Empire without accusation of bias toward a political party; a luxury not afforded to American writers.

He lives in London, England.

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