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02240aam a2200385 i 4500 001 D1F49E6C5BE811E38E3A7588DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20131203010051 008 130909s2014 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013019764 020 $a 0871404494 (hbk.) 020 $a 9780871404497 (hbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)857863136 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d IG# $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d LE# $d BTCTA $d BDX $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E169.12 $b .J63 2014 100 1 $a Joffe, Josef. 245 14 $a The myth of America's decline : $b politics, economics, and a half century of false prophecies / $c Josef Joffe. 246 30 $a America's decline : $b politics, economics, and a half century of false prophecies 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, $c c[2014] 300 $a xvi, 327 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "While it may be catnip for the media to play up America as a has-been, Josef Joffe, a ... German commentator and Stanford University academic, [proposes] that Declinism is not a cold-eyed diagnosis but a device in the style of the ancient prophets ... Gloom is a prophecy that must be believed so that it will turn out wrong. Joffe [posits that] 'economic miracles' that propelled the rising tide of challengers flounder against their own limits. Hardly confined to Europe alone, Declinism has also been an especially nifty career builder for American politicians, among them Kennedy, Nixon, and Reagan, who all rode into the White House by hawking 'the end is near'"--Dust jacket flap. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 651 0 $a United States $x Civilization $y 1945- 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1945-1989. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1989- 651 0 $a United States $x Economic conditions $y 1945- 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1945-1989. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1989- 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180403031829.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20131203013630.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D1F49E6C5BE811E38E3A7588DAD10320 994 $a Z0 $b IODInitiate Another SILO Locator Search