Reset: How This Crisis Can Restore Our Values and Renew America

by Kurt Andersen

Book Overview

"This is the end of the world as we've known it," Kurt Andersen writes in Reset . "But it isn't the end of the world." In this smart and refreshingly hopeful book, Andersena brilliant analyst and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1400068983
• ISBN13: 9781400068982
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

A wake Up Call That America Should See and Heed

Kurt Andersen has written a manual for any and all Americans to read that should open their eyes to the poor state of the American government and economy. He outlines the ingredients we as American need to hold to in restarting our country after this disastrous two years that have brought our nation to its' knees. We must maintain dominance at home and abroad. This is an easy read.

it can help RESET our presently stuck mindset

the term KRISIS (from which we get crisis) is an apt way to begin my review of this book. for the GREEKS the word meant: CHOICE, DECISION, JUDGMENT. KRISIS is analogous to the critical stage an illness must reach so that a diagnosis can be reached, and thus to be able to prescribe a cure or treatment: RESET does just that regarding our present crises. i found this short but compelling book a must-read for all who are both anxious YET hopeful that WE THE PEOPLE can once again face a crisis and resurface as a nation that is wiser and stronger (rather than powerful), kinder and nimbler. except for an uncalled for swipe at KEITH OLBERMANN (who is in NO way a counterpart to RUSH L), i totally enjoyed reading it, and was inspired by mr ANDERSEN; his even handedness and appreciation of the dialectical nature of human history will appeal to readers from broad political persuasions.

What only 2 reviews?

This will not be a review in any traditional sense. This is actually being written as I have just read RESET and, were I in charge, so to speak, would be mandatory reading for perhaps anyone from the age of 13. The fact that the book is only some 74 pages, is a super easy read, etc, makes me only wonder why there are often dozens and sometimes hudreds of reviews of far less important and less entertaining pieces of fiction and non-fiction. I just want you, if you got this far in my note, here, to go up to the top and click "order" today -- if you have kids, friends, associates, relatives or even above average intelligence pets, buy some extra copies. This book along with The Forgotten Man (totally a different kind of read) and The Great Crash of 1929 are absolutely must reads. What are you waiting for?

Helpful, upbeat perspective

I found this book to be just what I've been looking for lately. A short treaty, written by a historian, that gives a fresh and optimistic perspective on what often feels like a dark world situation. If you find that the endless indulge of negative news (failed economy, global warming, etc.) leaves you feeling a bit blue and helpless I recommend that you read this book. The information has made me feel re-empowered and renewed my optimism for the future. A positive, well grounded perspective is something of great value right now and this book delivers.