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Dear NR Friend, We are delighted to share with you the good news about forthcoming books that we believe to be of interest to conservatives. And, in the case of the very timely Shattered Consensus, of particular interest to thinking conservatives. Are you? If so, then you'll want the sweeping survival guide to the emerging challenges that are upending American politics as we know it–Jim Piereson's Shattered Consensus: The Rise and Decline of America's Postwar Political Order. It's out next week–you can find it at your local bookstore, on Tuesday (July 14), or order it now at Amazon. For conservatives, for progressives, for the Nation, these past few weeks have been of great tumult, or radical changes, of unbridled animus to tradition, of brazen challenges to rights of speech and worship, of government activism. Americans are questioning all aspects of our national life, from capitalism and the state's role in the marketplace, to institutions of higher education, philanthropy, and the media. Even our historical narratives are open to reinterpretation–or reimagining. Or scrubbing. In this important new book, Piereson asks how the consensus that sustained these ideas and institutions in the postwar era unraveled so completely in the last few years–and identifies who is responsible. This timely book is essential reading as America heads full-steam into the 2016 election cycle and deeper into an age of upheaval. Indeed, Shattered Consensus is a book of history and of reality. And of hope. In it, Piereson describes the inevitable political turmoil that will overtake the United States in the next decade-a consequence of economic stagnation, the unsustainable growth of government, and the exhaustion of postwar arrangements that formerly underpinned American prosperity and power. He looks at the challenges of public debt, the retirement of the "baby boom" generation, and slow economic growth, and how their combination has brought us to a point where require profound changes in the role of government in American life. At the same time, Piereson explains, the widening gulf between the two political parties and the entrenched power of interest groups will make it difficult to negotiate the changes needed to renew the system. Shattered Consensus places this impending upheaval in historical context, reminding readers that Americans have faced and overcome similar trials in the past, in relatively brief but intense periods of political conflict. While others claim that the United States is in decline, Piereson argues that Americans will rise to the challenge of forming a new governing coalition that can guide the nation on a path of dynamism and prosperity. This will prove to be one of the most important books of our era. Here are what some leading conservatives have to say about Piereson and Shattered Consensus:
If you are a thinking conservative, you will need this book. Get it this Tuesday at your local bookstore, or pre-order Jim Piereson's Shattered Consensus now at Amazon. Best, Jack Fowler
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