شخصیت ملت‌ها: چگونه سیاست رفاه، خانواده و ادب را می‌سازد و ویران می‌کند

In this cross-cultural study, Angelo M. Codevilla illustrates that as people shape their governments, they shape themselves. Drawing broadly from the depths of history, from the Roman republic to de Tocqueville’s America, as well as from personal and scholarly observations of the world in the twentieth century, The Character of Nations reveals remarkable truths about the effects of government on a society’s economic arrangements, moral order, sense of family life, and ability to defend itself. Codevilla argues that in present-day America, government has had a profound negative effect on societal norms. It has taught people to seek prosperity through connections with political power; it has fostered the atrophy of civic responsibility; it has waged a Kulturkampf against family and religion; and it has dug a dangerous chasm between those who serve in the military and those who send it in harm’s way. Informative and provocative, The Character of Nations shows how the political decisions we make have higher stakes than simply who wins elections. In the aftermath of the Cold war, people around the globe are reexamining and reinventing their political systems, conscious that political choices imply different ways of life. In this new cross-cultural study, Angelo M. Codevilla illustrates that as people shape their governments, they shape themselves. Drawing broadly from the sweep of history, from the Roman republic to de Tocqueville's America, as well as from personal and scholarly observations of the world in the twentieth century, The Character of Nations reveals remarkable truths about the effects of government on a society's economic arrangenments, moral order, sense of family life, and ability to defend itself. Codevilla argues that in present-day America government has had a profound negative effect on societal norms. It has taught people to seek prosperity through connections with political power; it has fostered the atrophy of civic responsibility; it has waged a Kulturkampf against family and religion; and it has dug a dangerous schasm between those who serve in the military and those who send it in harm's way. Informative and provocative, The Character of Nations shows how the political decisions we make have higher stakes than simply who wins elections. CONTENTS......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Introduction......Page 22 I. REGIMES AND CHARACTER......Page 42 1. Regimes......Page 44 2. Tone and Character......Page 64 3. The Character of Democracy......Page 86 II. WHAT DIFFERENCES REGIMES MAKE......Page 100 4. The Soviet Legacy......Page 102 5. Prosperity......Page 126 6. Civility......Page 154 7. Family......Page 190 8. The Soul......Page 212 9. The Ultimate Test......Page 230 III. OUR CHARACTER......Page 248 10. Tocqueville's America......Page 250 11. What Are We Doing to Ourselves?......Page 268 12. The Culture Wars......Page 312 13. America's Defenders......Page 340 Notes......Page 354 A......Page 380 C......Page 381 E......Page 383 F......Page 384 H......Page 385 J......Page 386 L......Page 387 M......Page 388 O......Page 389 P......Page 390 R......Page 391 S......Page 392 W......Page 394 Z......Page 395 In the tradition of Thomas Sowell and Stephen Carter, a broad cross-cultural study of how the nature of a regime affects the character of its people