The book is organized into five parts, as described below.

(Chapters 1, 12, and 29 are downloadable.)

Part One:     Ideology and Lies

Part One examines seven major lies that are central to the argument put forth by today's conservative movement, and shows the gaps in conservative thought.

Chapter 1:   The War for America   

Chapter 2:   The Culture War (Is a Lie)           

Chapter 3:   The Blind Irony of Conservative Capitalism                    

Chapter 4:   The Authoritarian Impulse

Chapter 5:   The Morality Monopoly

Chapter 6:   Dominion, Domination, and Delusion

Chapter 7:   Degenerate or Different?

Chapter 8:   Conservatism Isn't Conservative

Part Two:     Moral Conflict

Part Two explores the contrasting moral positions behind conservative and liberal ideology, exposing some very dangerous and destructive aspects of the conservative movement and its underlying authoritarian thinking.

Chapter 9:   The Human Essence

Chapter 10:   Conservative Morality

Chapter 11:   Morality and Ideology on the Left

Part Three:    21 st Century Reality

Part Three looks beyond the ideological and moral dimensions of political conflict to examine the critical realities that actually matter to the future of human society.

Chapter 12:   Facing Reality      

Chapter 13:   Human Population & Demographics

Chapter 14:   The Future of War          

Chapter 15:   Fundamentalism: Terrorists Without and Within

Chapter 16:   American Empire; Chinese Empire     

Chapter 17:   Science & Technology:   The Relentless Drivers of Change

Chapter 18:   The Economy

Chapter 19:   The Environment

Chapter 20:   American Culture and the Media

Chapter 21:   A Collision Course with Complexity

Part Four:    The Hidden Factors

Part Four explores how key trends behind evolution and history shape the human response to social and political crisis.

Chapter 22:   History & Evolution  

Chapter 23:   Unintended Consequences

Chapter 24:   The Triumph of Feasibility

Part Five:    Winning the War

Part Five considers how we can move beyond partisan political conflict and work to develop a better nation and world, and summarizes the major arguments of the book.

Chapter 25:   Politics

Chapter 26:   Leadership: Winning the Peace

Chapter 27:   Judgment & Design

Chapter 28:   Visions of the 21 st Century and Beyond

Chapter 29:   What's Next

 

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Notes

Index

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