John Micklethwait
Författare till The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America
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- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Micklethwait, Richard John
- Födelsedag
- 1962-08-11
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- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Land (för karta)
- UK
- Födelseort
- London, England, UK
- Bostadsorter
- London, England, UK
New York, New York, USA - Utbildning
- University of Oxford (Magdalen College) (history)
Ampleforth College - Yrken
- journalist
banker
magazine editor - Organisationer
- The Economist (Editor-in-Chief)
The British Museum - Priser och utmärkelser
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2016)
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- 11
- Medlemmar
- 1,643
- Popularitet
- #15,628
- Betyg
- 3.8
- Recensioner
- 35
- ISBN
- 67
- Språk
- 6
'The Right Nation', published in 2004, in the middle of the George W.Bush presidency, concludes by suggesting that the Republican Party will be in control for the foreseeable future, as the American left has capitulated to the better organised right. Remembering when this was published (so, excuses), none of the following are mentioned in this book: Obama, Biden, Trump, Palin, Pence. Nor of course is there any discussion of QAnon, or insurrections, or the power of Twitter (X). Curiously, post Bush, Democrats have been in the White House for 12 of the next 16 years.
As an outsider who has only become interested in US politics in recent years, it was interesting to learn that the distrust, and at times hatred, between the two major parties has been around for a long time; political rhetoric has been toxic for ever - it's not a modern phenomenon.
The book made for interesting reading, as it provides an excellent discussion of post-Cold War politics in the USA.
It does reinforce the fact that for all the surface similarities, the USA is definitely different to the rest of the "western" world.… (mer)