The Character of Nations: How Politics Makes and Breaks Prosperity, Family, and Civility - Couverture souple

Codevilla, Angelo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0465028004 ISBN 13 : 9780465028009

Editeur : Basic Books, 2009

Synopsis

In this cross-cultural study, Angelo M. Codevilla illustrates that as people shape their governments, they shape themselves. Drawing broadly from the depths of history, from the Roman republic to de Tocqueville's America, as well as from personal and scholarly observations of the world in the twentieth century, The Character of Nations reveals remarkable truths about the effects of government on a society's economic arrangements, moral order, sense of family life, and ability to defend itself.

Codevilla argues that in present-day America, government has had a profound negative effect on societal norms. It has taught people to seek prosperity through connections with political power; it has fostered the atrophy of civic responsibility; it has waged a Kulturkampf against family and religion; and it has dug a dangerous chasm between those who serve in the military and those who send it in harm's way. Informative and provocative, The Character of Nations shows how the political decisions we make have higher stakes than simply who wins elections.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Angelo M. Codevilla has taught political theory and international relations at Stanford, Princeton, and Georgetown University and is presently a professor of international relations at Boston University. He is the author of nine books, including The Character of Nations, The Arms Control Delusion, and a new translation of Machiavelli's The Prince. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0465028004
• ISBN 13: 9780465028009
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
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• Personne responsable: non disponible