Title: The Myth of America's Decline: Politics, Economics, and a Half Century of False Prophecies
Description: "While it may be catnip for the media to play up America as a has-been, Josef Joffe, a ... German commentator and Stanford University academic, [proposes] that Declinism is not a cold-eyed diagnosis but a device in the style of the ancient prophets ... Gloom is a prophecy that must be believed so that it will turn out wrong. Joffe [posits that] 'economic miracles' that propelled the rising tide of challengers flounder against their own limits. Hardly confined to Europe alone, Declinism has also been an especially nifty career builder for American politicians, among them Kennedy, Nixon, and Reagan, who all rode into the White House by hawking 'the end is near'"--Dust jacket flap.
Subjects: Politics and government, Civilization, Internationella relationer, Diplomatic relations, Economic conditions, Economic history, Politiska forhallanden, Foreign relations, Ekonomiska forhallanden, United states, politics and government, 1945-1989, United states, politics and government, 1989-, United states, economic conditions, 1945-, United states, foreign relations, 1945-1989, United states, foreign relations, 1989-, United states, civilization, 1945-, E169.12 .j63 2014, 973.91