PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Ben Rhodes is the author of the New York Times bestseller The World as It Is; co-host of Pod Save the World; a contributor for NBC News and MSNBC; the co-chair of National Security Action; and an advisor to former president Barack Obama. He lives in Washington, DC.
A dystopian odyssey through the dark authoritarian landscape of the modern world * The Times * After the Fall takes the form of a quest . . . Rhodes's travels, and his contemplation of the scene at home, lead him to an important conclusion: The United States, having exported to the world unleashed capitalism, ungoverned social media and a militarized foreign policy, has now seen its pathologies weaponized by its enemies and turned back upon itself * New York Times * Vital reading for Americans and people anywhere who seek to understand what is happening 'after the fall' of the global system created by the United States and shaped increasingly by China under Xi Jinping * New York Journal of Books * The story of an aftermath . . . Elegantly expressed * Guardian *
