{"product_id":"when-america-stopped-being-great-a-history-of-the-present-paperback","title":"When America Stopped Being Great: A History of the Present - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick Bryant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Nick Bryant is brilliant. He has a way of showing you what you've been missing from the whole story whilst never leaving you feeling stupid.' - Emily Maitlis \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Bryant is a genuine rarity, a Brit who understands America' - Washington Post \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhen America Stopped Being Great\u003c\/i\u003e, veteran reporter and BBC New York correspondent Nick Bryant reveals how America's decline paved the way for Donald Trump's rise, sowing division and leaving the country vulnerable to its greatest challenge of the modern era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeftly sifting through almost four decades of American history, from post-Cold War optimism, through the scandal-wracked nineties and into the new millennium, Bryant unpacks the mistakes of past administrations, from Ronald Reagan's 'celebrity presidency' to Barack Obama's failure to adequately address income and racial inequality. He explains how the historical clues, unseen by many (including the media) paved the way for an outsider to take power and a country to slide towards disaster. As Bryant writes, 'rather than being an aberration, Trump's presidency marked the culmination of so much of what had been going wrong in the United States for decades - economically, racially, politically, culturally, technologically and constitutionally.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA personal elegy for an America lost, unafraid to criticise actors on both sides of the political divide, \u003ci\u003eWhen America Stopped Being Great\u003c\/i\u003e takes the long view, combining engaging storytelling with recent history to show how the country moved from the optimism of Reagan's 'Morning in America' to the darkness of Trump's 'American Carnage'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt concludes with some of the most dramatic events in recent memory, in an America torn apart by a bitterly polarised election, racial division, the national catastrophe of the coronavirus and the threat to US democracy evidenced by the storming of Capitol Hill.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Bryant\u003c\/b\u003e is known for being one of the BBC's most senior foreign correspondents, with postings in Washington DC, South Asia, Australia and, most recently, New York. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bystander: John F. Kennedy and the Struggle for Black Equality\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConfessions from Correspondentland\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Fall of Australia\u003c\/i\u003e. Nick studied history at Cambridge and has a doctorate in American history from Oxford. \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e has noted: 'Bryant is a genuine rarity. A Brit who understands America.' In 2021, he left the BBC, and now lives in Sydney with his wife and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 7.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50332620456173,"sku":"9781399404990","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/qGVHFduVr29781399404990.webp?v=1784965583","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/when-america-stopped-being-great-a-history-of-the-present-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}