America's Identity Crisis

The Death and Rebirth of the American Vision

Michael Gellert

• Publisher: Reputation Books
• Year: 2022
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• eBook ISBN:
  9781944387570
• Subtopic: American Government
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This newly revised edition of The Fate of America examines the national character of the United States against the backdrop of its history, popular culture, and media. Michael Gellert suggests that the deterioration of America's "heroic ideal," the heart of its national character, is responsible for the country's deepening social ills and the erosion of its vital institutions. He calls for a spiritual and intellectual renaissance and a renewed sense of national purpose in order to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century. With an updated Preface and a new Appendix on the Trump phenomenon's paradoxical effect, Gellert profiles the development of the American heroic ideal and how this concept expresses the nation's aspiration toward greatness and its sense of identity.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface to the New Edition
• Introduction
• Part I. America’s Heroic Ideal
• Part II. The High Life
• Part III. The Underside of Innocence
• Part IV. The Fate of America
• Appendix. The Trump Paradox
• Notes
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author