In The American Future, one of the world's most popular and prestigious historians probes the past and present of the most controversial superpower.
In November 2008, the US elected a new president, Barack Obama. But according to Simon Schama, the collapse of 20 years of Republican conservativism has tipped the country into turmoil.
In this book, he examines the most compelling issues facing Americans now, including:
• the intensity of religious conviction in public life (what he's dubbed 'American fervour')
• the projection of power (American war)
• race, immigration and the problematic promise of e pluribus unum (American skin).
This is an engaging follow-up to the A History Of Britain trilogy.