Horse Sense for the New Millennium - Riddle, Wesley Allen
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The United States today faces unprecedented problems at home and abroad, and numerous commentators have suggested the country shows signs of civilizational decline analogous to the fall of Rome. In Horse Sense for the New Millennium, author Wesley Allen Riddle offers a lens for interpreting modern political events and presents a conservative commentary on American life and politics during the first decade of the 21st Century. The time and events detailed run through George W. Bush's two administrations and part of Barack Obama's first term during the Great Recession and covers the rise of the…mehr

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The United States today faces unprecedented problems at home and abroad, and numerous commentators have suggested the country shows signs of civilizational decline analogous to the fall of Rome. In Horse Sense for the New Millennium, author Wesley Allen Riddle offers a lens for interpreting modern political events and presents a conservative commentary on American life and politics during the first decade of the 21st Century. The time and events detailed run through George W. Bush's two administrations and part of Barack Obama's first term during the Great Recession and covers the rise of the populist Tea Party movement critical of both presidents, as well as their respective establishment neoconservative, and progressive policies. Horse Sense for the New Millennium examines and describes important lineaments of causation from politics, government, history, and the economy, that shaped the first quarter century of American history since 2000. It is the most complete treatment presenting the historical genesis and intellectual origins of what becomes the "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) populist brand of conservatism. Horse Sense for the New Millennium takes the reader on a deep dive into the crucible of America's current challenges, which so far, arguably, have gotten the better of America. It also gives them a front row seat to protracted rightwing hustings for reassessments (and reassurance) based upon the old American constitutional order. Indeed, the author argues the roadmap for success is the US Constitution, and real hope for America's future lies in returning to the nation's founding principles and applying them competently to problems facing America today. Heavily indexed and sourced, Horse Sense for the New Millennium is an essential companion for the political scientist, contemporary academic historian, and serious student of American history, politics, and government.
Autorenporträt
Wesley Allen Riddle is a soldier, scholar, statesman from Houston, Texas. He graduated with honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1983 having concentrated in National Security and Public Affairs. He graduated with Distinction from Oxford University, UK in 1993 with a Master of Philosophy degree in Modern History specializing in American politics. A combat veteran, he spent twenty years in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his retirement as Lieutenant Colonel, served at Fort Hood, Texas on III Corps Staff as Chief of the Air Defense Element. He ran for U.S. Congress twice (2004 and 2012) in Primary races as a conservative Republican. He worked overseas as a defense contractor in Saudi Arabia for a total of 13 years, alternating with stints as a college professor teaching U.S. History and Government. In 2016 he supported President Trump and was considered for the position of U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia by the Administration. Wes Riddle is widely published in the academic and opinion press regarding American history and political theory. He and his wife Aida currently reside in Belton, Texas with five of their children.