God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World (Vintage)
Book Details
Author(s)Mead, Walter Russell
PublisherVintage
ISBN / ASIN0375713735
ISBN-139780375713736
AvailabilityIn Stock
Sales Rank1,232
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
A stunningly insightful account of the global political and economic system, sustained first by Britain and now by America, that has created the modern world.
The key to the two countries' predominance, Mead argues, lies in the individualistic ideology inherent in the Anglo-American religion. Over the years Britain and America's liberal democratic system has been repeatedly challeged by Catholic Spain and Louis XIV, the Nazis, communists, and Al Qaeda and for the most part, it has prevailed. But the current conflicts in the Middle East threaten to change that record unless we foster a deeper understanding of the conflicts between the liberal world system and its foes.
The key to the two countries' predominance, Mead argues, lies in the individualistic ideology inherent in the Anglo-American religion. Over the years Britain and America's liberal democratic system has been repeatedly challeged by Catholic Spain and Louis XIV, the Nazis, communists, and Al Qaeda and for the most part, it has prevailed. But the current conflicts in the Middle East threaten to change that record unless we foster a deeper understanding of the conflicts between the liberal world system and its foes.
