"The America Issue"

What ails America? Arguments vary: cash and confidence, education, presidential term limits, etc. Though these authors all write about different problems, they do have a unifying theme. There is always a problem. Some go as far as to compare America with the Ottoman Empire in its decline. Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, argues that America is not ailed but rather at a pivot point. If the right decisions are made right now, namely, deep and consistent involvement in Asia, then in ten years from now America will be at the heart of things.

Who's right? This is not the first time America has been attacked. After Vietnam, during the Great Depression, and in many other cases people were convinced that America was nearing the end of her dominant reign in world politics and as a world authority. Is this another false alarm or is America finally plummeting?