America Alone

America Alone
Author Mark Steyn
Country United States
Language English
Subject Demography
Sociology
Politics
Publisher Regnery Publishing
Publication date
September 16, 2006
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 224
ISBN 0-89526-078-6
OCLC 70866885
303.48/273017670905 22
LC Class E895 .S84 2006

America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It (ISBN 0-89526-078-6) is a nonfiction book by Mark Steyn, published in 2006. It forecasts the downfall of Western civilization owing to internal weaknesses and the increasing Muslim population in Western countries and the world generally.

Overview

America Alone is set in the context of the global war on terror. Steyn argues that "much of what we loosely call the Western world will not survive the twenty-first century, and much of it will effectively disappear within our lifetimes, including many if not most European countries."[1]

Steyn attributes the forecast fall of the Western world to three factors:

Steyn's final argument is that the Muslim world will not need to carry out an outright attack. Instead, Europe will collapse from "wimpiness" or "multicultural 'sensitivity,'" leading to betrayal of the state's core values. Thus, during the Danish 'cartoon jihad' of 2006, Jack Straw, then British foreign secretary, hailed the 'sensitivity' of Fleet Street in not reprinting the offending representations of the Prophet."[3]

Steyn dismisses the danger of climate change, The Population Bomb, The Limits to Growth, nuclear winter, and points out Jimmy Carter's 1977 incorrect prediction that the world's oil would run out in the next decade.

Critical reception

Christopher Hitchens reviewed the book with praise, and describes it as "an admirably tough-minded book."[4] Hitchens goes on in his review and states:

Mark Steyn's book is essentially a challenge to the bien-pensants among us: an insistence that we recognize an extraordinary threat and thus the possible need for extraordinary responses. He need not pose as if he were the only one with the courage to think in this way.

The book was recommended by George W. Bush to his staff.[5]

See also

Notes

  1. Steyn, Mark. America Alone: The End Of The World As We Know It. Regnery Publishing, 2006, p. xiii.
  2. Steyn, Mark. America Alone: The End Of The World As We Know It. Regnery Publishing, 2006, p. xiv.
  3. Steyn, Mark. America Alone: The End Of The World As We Know It. Regnery Publishing, 2006, p. xxx.
  4. Facing the Islamist Menace, Winter 2007
  5. Irwin Stelzer (March 12, 2007). "Reader of the Free World". The Weekly Standard.

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