After the Fall - by Ben Rhodes (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"In 2017, as Ben Rhodes was helping former president Barack Obama begin his next chapter, the legacy they worked to build for eight years was being taken apart. To understand what was happening in his own country, Rhodes decided to look outward, at the wider world. Over the next three years, he traveled to dozens of countries, meeting with politicians, dissidents, and activists confronting the same forces that produced the Trump presidency: spreading nationalism, authoritarianism, and disinformation. Along the way, he was spied on by former Mossad operatives and the Chinese government, met with Hong Kong protesters and Russian oppositionists, and found people from Europe to Asia to the United States struggling to reconcile their own identities with the crude nationalism of their leaders--all while pursuing new strategies to fight back. Equal parts memoir and reporting, 'After the Fall' is an ambitious and essential work of discovery. Throughout, Rhodes reflects on how the 2008 financial crisis completed a collapse of public confidence in America, globalization, and democracy itself, opening a door to the wave of strongman leaders who have transformed our world--men like Viktor Orban in Hungary, Vladimir Putin in Russia, and Xi Jinping in China. He wrestles with how peoples' yearning for identity and belonging has been weaponized by nationalists. And he learns from a diverse set of characters--from Obama to rebels to rising politicians--how we can choose a more hopeful story going forward"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER - Why is democracy so threatened in America and around the world? And what can we do about it? A former White House aide and close confidant to President Barack Obama--and the author of <i>The World as It Is</i>--travels the globe in a deeply personal, beautifully observed quest for answers.<br></b><br>In 2017, as Ben Rhodes was helping Barack Obama begin his next chapter, the legacy they had worked to build for eight years was being taken apart. To understand what was happening in America, Rhodes decided to look outward. Over the next three years, he traveled to dozens of countries, meeting with politicians, activists, and dissidents confronting the same nationalism and authoritarianism that was tearing America apart. Along the way, a Russian opposition leader he spoke with was poisoned, the Hong Kong protesters he came to know saw their movement snuffed out, and America itself reached the precipice of losing democracy before giving itself a second chance. <p/>Part memoir and part reportage, <i>After the Fall </i>is a hugely ambitious and essential work of discovery. In his travels, Rhodes comes to realize how much America's fingerprints are on a world we helped to shape, through our post-Cold War embrace of unbridled capitalism and our post-9/11 nationalism and militarism; our mania for technology and social media; and the racism that fueled the backlash to America's first Black president. At the same time, Rhodes learns from the stories of a diverse set of characters--from Barack Obama himself to Cuban rebels to a rising generation of international leaders--that looking squarely at where America has gone wrong makes clear how essential it is to fight for what America is supposed to be, for our own country and the entire world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for <i>The World as It Is<br></i></b><br>"A classic coming-of-age story, about the journey from idealism to realism, told with candor and immediacy . . . [Ben Rhodes's] achievement is rare for a political memoir: He has written a humane and honorable book."<b>--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b> <p/>"More than any other White House memoirist, Rhodes is a creature of the man he served."<b>--<i>The New Yorker<br></i></b><br>"Insightful, funny, and moving, this is a beautifully observed, essential record of what it was like to be there."<b>--Samantha Power<br></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Ben Rhodes</b> is the author of the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>The World as It Is, </i> co-host of <i>Pod Save the World, </i> a contributor for NBC News and MSNBC, and an adviser to former president Barack Obama.
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