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092    BIO|bRHODES 
100 1  Rhodes, Ben,|d1977-|eauthor. 
245 10 After the fall :|bbeing American in the world we've made /
       |cBen Rhodes. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bRandom House,|c[2021] 
300    xvii, 358 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
520    "In 2017, as Ben Rhodes was helping former president 
       Barack Obama begin his next chapter, the legacy they 
       worked to build for eight years was being taken apart. To 
       understand what was happening in his own country, Rhodes 
       decided to look outward, at the wider world. Over the next
       three years, he traveled to dozens of countries, meeting 
       with politicians, dissidents, and activists confronting 
       the same forces that produced the Trump presidency: 
       spreading nationalism, authoritarianism, and 
       disinformation. Along the way, he was spied on by former 
       Mossad operatives and the Chinese government, met with 
       Hong Kong protesters and Russian oppositionists, and found
       people from Europe to Asia to the United States struggling
       to reconcile their own identities with the crude 
       nationalism of their leaders--all while pursuing new 
       strategies to fight back. Equal parts memoir and reporting,
       'After the Fall' is an ambitious and essential work of 
       discovery. Throughout, Rhodes reflects on how the 2008 
       financial crisis completed a collapse of public confidence
       in America, globalization, and democracy itself, opening a
       door to the wave of strongman leaders who have transformed
       our world--men like Viktor Orban in Hungary, Vladimir 
       Putin in Russia, and Xi Jinping in China. He wrestles with
       how peoples' yearning for identity and belonging has been 
       weaponized by nationalists. And he learns from a diverse 
       set of characters--from Obama to rebels to rising 
       politicians--how we can choose a more hopeful story going 
       forward"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 World politics|y21st century. 
650  0 Globalization|xPolitical aspects|zUnited States. 
650  0 Nationalism|zUnited States|xHistory|y21st century. 
650  0 Political corruption|zHungary|xHistory|y21st century. 
650  0 Political corruption|zRussia (Federation)|xHistory|y21st 
       century. 
650  0 Political corruption|zChina|xHistory|y21st century. 
650  0 Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009. 
651  0 United States|xPolitics and government|y2017-2021.