Irreconcilable Differences
Limits to United States National Unity
1st Edition
Published on 20. May 2021
126 pages
978-1-7936-2379-9 (ISBN)
Description
Irreconcilable Differences is an attempt to peer into the future in the light of recent and ongoing events. Author David Cole proposes that Americans may be living through the beginning of the devolution of the United States of America - a development that may unfold after our lifetimes, although it could happen sooner. Cole surveys examples of devolutionary political developments around the world in recent decades. He offers a running commentary on recent polemics, as commentators in the press consider the evidence of American political decline and decay. He speculates as to exactly what form a devolved United States might take. The conjecture is that a point could be reached at which Americans conclude that an amicable breakup is to be preferred on the whole to an attempt to continue to live under the same tent. Is contemporary America an example of the Aristotelian phenomenon of "coming into being and passing away"?
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 b/w illustrations;
ISBN-13
978-1-7936-2379-9 (9781793623799)
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Other editions
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Book
05/2021
Lexington Books
€98.40
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Person
David R. Cole is an independent scholar.
Content
Chapter 1: Things Have Changed, and Not for the Better
Chapter 2: Devolution Around the World
Chapter 3: The Small-Republic Argument
Chapter 4: Texas v. White (1869): An Indestructible Union?
Chapter 5: Chuck Thompson's Irreverent Perspective
Chapter 6: Pundits Ponder the Possibilities
Chapter 7: Balkanized America - Who's to Blame and What's Next?
Chapter 8: A "Centrist" Way Out?
Chapter 9: Concluding Remarks - Coming into Being and Passing Away
Chapter 2: Devolution Around the World
Chapter 3: The Small-Republic Argument
Chapter 4: Texas v. White (1869): An Indestructible Union?
Chapter 5: Chuck Thompson's Irreverent Perspective
Chapter 6: Pundits Ponder the Possibilities
Chapter 7: Balkanized America - Who's to Blame and What's Next?
Chapter 8: A "Centrist" Way Out?
Chapter 9: Concluding Remarks - Coming into Being and Passing Away
