The Reckoning: Debt, Democracy, and the Future of American Power

"A smart, sober and clear-eyed primer on the Post-American Century. Read it, and then demand equally straight answers from those who seek your vote." ―The Seattle Times

The age of American global dominance is ending. Today, a host of forces are converging to challenge its cherished notion of exceptionalism, and risky economic and foreign policies have steadily eroded the power structure in place since the Cold War.

Staggering under a huge burden of debt, the country must make some tough cho...