With or Against the World?: America's Role Among the Nations

by James W. Skillen

Book Overview

This is a collection of essays that starts with the premise that the United States inhabits a world it understands far too little and is insufficiently prepared to lead. The author, James W. Skillen, argues that world religions and cultural patterns are forces onto themselves and do not and will not change or adapt at American bidding. In short, this post-cold war era calls for a self-critical reexamination of nationalism, state sovereignty, and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742535223
• ISBN13: 9780742535220
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Deeply insightful

Mr. Jim Skillen's book is deeply insightful, and designed to help the USA self examine how better to serve the world.