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Also by Jonah Goldberg
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Copyright
Dedication
PART I
INTRODUCTION: Stumbling upon a Miracle
1: HUMAN NATURE: Our Inner Tribesman
2: CORRUPTING THE MIRACLE: When Human Nature Strikes Back
PART II
3: THE STATE: A Myth Agreed Upon
4: THE BIRTH OF CAPITALISM: A Glorious Accident
5: THE ETERNAL BATTLE: Reason Versus the Search for Meaning
6: THE AMERICAN MIRACLE: They Put It in Writing
PART III
7: THE ELITES: Aristocrats Unchained
8: THE PROGRESSIVE ERA: The Birth of the Living Constitution and the Death of Liberty
9: THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE: The Shadow Government
10: TRIBALISM TODAY: Nationalism, Populism, and Identity Politics
11: POP CULTURE POLITICS: Godzilla, Rock & Roll, and the Romantic Spirit
12: THE FAMILY’S LOSING WAR AGAINST BARBARISM
13: THE TRUMPIAN ERA: The Perils of Populism
14: THINGS FALL APART: The American Experiment at Risk
CONCLUSION: Decline Is a Choice
Appendix: Human Progress
Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Author