Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Introduction 1
Part I What Made America Great
1 The Genius of American Culture 11
The Grounding 13
Culture of Liberty 17
The American Ethos 20
The Gift of Limited Government 25
Why Genius? 29
2 The American Miracle 33
The Art of Association 34
An Economic Miracle 38
A Government So Constituted 43
Law No Passion Can Disturb 46
3 Astride the World as a Colossus 51
Empire of Liberty 53
A Force for Good 57
Inheriting the Earth 59
The Agonies of Cold War Liberalism 62
The Journeys of Cold War Conservatism 66
The Apogee 68
Part II What Went Wrong
4 A Great Deal of Ruin 75
The Paradox of Change 78
The Transvaluation of Values 79
The Rise of the Counterculture 84
Triumph! 86
Trouble in Paradise 90
5 The Crisis of the American Dream 95
What Went Wrong 96
The Crisis of Community 97
A Dream No More? 102
Falling Behind 106
The Waning of Constitutional Government 109
6 America's Weakening Will to Power 117
The Great Divide 119
The New Liberal Internationalism 121
The Return of the Repressed 124
Obarna's Liberalism in Action 127
Warnings of Decline 131
Part III Restoring American Greatness
7 Restore the Culture 137
Reclaiming Modernity, Freedom, and Reason 140
Living with the Counterculture 143
A Culture of Responsibility 145
Race, Religion, and Reconciliation 147
Right Conservatism 154
8 Revive the American Dream 161
Opportunity for All 162
A Community of Trust 164
Revive the American Economy 168
A Government Working for the People 170
Rebuild Constitutional Government 174
9 From Decline to Greatness 179
Balancer, Friend, and Unrelenting Foe 182
The Diplomacy of Tomorrow 188
The Military We Need, No More, No Less 191
A Global Economic Freedom Agenda 194
A New Look 197
10 Seize the Ball 203
Acknowledgments 209
Notes 211
Bibliography 225
Index 233
About the Author 251
