Mead has a new book entitled God and Gold: Britain, America and the Making of the Modern World. He’s quite a politically motivated thinker, and you’ll find a certain boldness and zeal that’s not unrefreshing in his book. He reminds me of a pamphleteer, but in the better sense of that term.
The thesis, which seems a little self-congratulatory, is that the way which theology, religion, government, free-trade, and especially naval power have shaped these cultures which have thus shaped the world. Here’s a Mead interview at UC Berkeley to get you warmed up.
Some of this has been in the water (the Atlantic?) lately, but it’s quite interesting.
So, it’s easy to feel vaguely good about our relationship, as happens quite practically here, but let’s not forget moments like these:
This is a depiction (thanks to impiousdigest.com) of British troops burning the White House, as they indeed did.
Addition: If you want to get a Brit really mad, call him a limey. He’ll likely call you a yank, or worse.
[...] So, anti-declinism articles like this one can be a good antidote against all that. So is Walter Russell Mead. [...]
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