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Empire of Democracy: The Remaking of the West since the Cold War, 1971-2017
Simon Reid-Henry
20th century, General & world history, History: earliest times to present day, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Political structures: democracy
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John Murray
- Paperback Oct 13, 2020 | 9781473670570 | RRP $29.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 27, 2019 | 9781473670587 | RRP $14.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jun 27, 2019 | 9781473675605 | RRP $46.99 Buy Now
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John Murray
- Paperback Oct 13, 2020 | 9781473670570 | RRP $29.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 27, 2019 | 9781473670587 | RRP $14.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jun 27, 2019 | 9781473675605 | RRP $46.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
John Murray
- Paperback Oct 13, 2020 | 9781473670570 | RRP $29.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 27, 2019 | 9781473670587 | RRP $14.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jun 27, 2019 | 9781473675605 | RRP $46.99 Buy Now
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'A dense narrative and a wealth of examples' Literary Review
'Reid-Henry narrates this story with elegance and gusto' Washington Post
'[Reid-Henry] conveys an important message: Individual political action must become accountable to society's interests' Kirkus
'Reid-Henry's scholarship is impressive, gathering a wide range of historical anecdotes and referencing a diverse set of thinkers' Publishers Weekly
The first panoramic history of the Western world from the 1970s to the present day: Empire of Democracy is the story for those asking how we got to where we are.
In this epic narrative of the events that have shaped our own times, Simon Reid-Henry shows how liberal democracy, and Western history with it, was profoundly re-imagined when the postwar Golden Age ended. As the institutions of liberal rule were reinvented, a new generation of politicians emerged: Thatcher, Reagan, Mitterrand, Kohl. The late twentieth-century heyday they oversaw carried the Western democracies triumphantly to victory in the C old War and into the economic boom of the 1990s. But equally it led them into the fiasco of Iraq, to the high drama of the financial crisis in 2007/8, and ultimately to the anti-liberal surge of our own times.
The present crisis of liberalism enjoins us to revisit these as yet unscripted decades. The era we have all been living through is closing out, democracy is turning on its axis once again. As this panoramic history poignantly reminds us, the choices we make going forward require us first to come to terms with where we have been.
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Praise for Empire of Democracy: The Remaking of the West since the Cold War, 1971-2017
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Brilliantly, Reid-Henry calls for the salvation of democracy from the choices of its own leaders - if it is to survive - Samuel Moyn, Yale University
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Simon Reid-Henry has written a superbly informed and riveting historical analysis of our contemporary era, which opened in the 1970s and, as he brilliantly demonstrates, continues to transform the premises of Western democracies - Charles S. Maier, Harvard University
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As exciting and readable as a Cold War thriller - The Times
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Gripping . . . deeply impressive . . . rigorously sourced - Independent
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A lucid, pulsating study . . . skilfully drawn - Economist
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Absorbing - Sunday Times
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