The Right Nation：Why America is Different

TheRightNationisthedefinitiveportraitoftheAmericathatfewoutsidersunderstand:theAmericathatvotesforGeorgeBush,thatsupportsthedeathpenaltyandgunrights,thatbelievesinminimalgovernmentandlongprisonsentences,thatpulledoutoftheKyotoProtocol.America,argueJohnMicklethwaitandAdrianWooldridge,awardwinningjournalistsatTheEconomist,hasalwaysbeenaconservativecountry;butoverthepast50yearsithasbuiltuparadicalconservativemovementunlikeanyothercountry.TheauthorstellthestoryofhowtheseradicalstookovertheRepublicanParty,andtheydeconstructtheBushWhiteHouse,examiningthemanyinfluencesfromneo-conservatismtosunbeltentrepreneurialism.ThisquesttakestheauthorsfromyoungchurchgoersinColoradoSpringstogaygunclubsinMassachusettstoblacksupportersofschoolvouchersinMilwaukee.Andtheydrivetotheheartofaquestionthatisrelevanttousall:whydoesAmericaseemsodifferent?