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The Character of Nations: How Politics Makes and Breaks Prosperity, Family, and Civility
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 Tocquevilles way. Informative and provocative, The Character of Nations shows how the political decisions we make have higher stakes than simply who wins elections.
Paperback, 400 pages
Published
March 24th 2009
by Basic Books
(first published March 23rd 2007)
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An analysis of how a nation's government affects the national character and even the morals of its citizens. Codeville ranges over the post-WW2 landscape with special attention to the Soviet Union and other leftist regimes. The last third of the book is his analysis of the US, ca. 1997. Codeville has attained a level of prominence this summer with an essay published in the American Spectator. The section dealing with the US should sound familiar to admirers of Codeville's more recent work.
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