The Empire and the Five Kings
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The Empire and the Five Kings

America's Abdication and the Fate of the World

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The Empire and the Five Kings

America's Abdication and the Fate of the World

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One of the West's leading intellectuals offers a provocative look at America's withdrawal from world leadership and the rising powers who seek to fill the vacuum left behind. The United States was once the hope of the world, a beacon of freedom and the defender of liberal democracy. Nations and peoples on all continents looked to America to stand up for the values that created the Western worldand to oppose autocracy and repression. Even when America did not live up to its ideals, it still recognized their importance, at home and abroad.But as Bernard-Henri Lévy lays bare in this powerful and disturbing analysis of the world today, America is retreating from its traditional leadership role, and in its place have come five ambitious powers, former empires eager to assert their primacy and influence. Lévy shows how these five—Russia, China, Turkey, Iran, and Sunni radical Islamism—are taking steps to undermine the liberal values that have been a hallmark of Western civilization. The Empire and the Five Kings is a cri de coeur that draws upon lessons from history and the eternal touchstones of human culture to reveal the stakes facing the West as America retreats from its leadership role, a process that did not begin with Donald Trump's presidency and is not likely to end with him. The crisis is one whose roots can be found as far back as antiquity and whose resolution will require the West to find a new way forward if its principles and values are to survive.As seen on Real Time with Bill Maher (2/22/2019) and Fareed Zakaria GPS (2/17/2019).

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Publisher
Henry Holt and Co.
Year
2019
ISBN
9781250203021
Topic
Politica e relazioni internazionali
Subtopic
Storia e teoria politica

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Prologue: On Dove’s Feet, the Kurds
  5. Part One: The Latest News from the Empire
  6. Part Two: Five Kingdoms on the Offensive
  7. Epilogue: Where Does the Sea Go at Ebb Tide?
  8. Index
  9. Also By Bernard-Henri Lévy
  10. About the Author
  11. Newsletter Sign-up
  12. Contents
  13. Copyright