The Lessons of the American Civilization tells the American story, from its tenuous beginnings to its confident rise to become the world’s most dominant civilization. Historian Thomas Del Beccaro illuminates America’s past and present with fresh comparisons to history’s other great civilizations,illustrating the characteristics and lessons that civilizations share as they come together, rise, and fall. He then tells of the American experience, from Plymouth Rock to the technological revolution, in light of many important lessons of the past.
Along the way, Del Beccaro provides needed perspective on such topics as:
- Whether America is exceptional compared to other civilizations
- Capitalism’s most important legacy of making democracy possible
- The danger centralization of power in government presents
- What America’s political and class division says about the trajectory of the civilization
- What lies ahead for the country
For the everyday reader and historian alike, this book is a thoughtful and thorough examination of where America has been and where it is going.
About the Author
Tom Del Beccaro is a contributor for Forbes and the former chairman of the California Republican Party. Tom is publisher of PoliticalVangurd.com, author of The New Conservative Paradigm, and frequent talk radio and television commentator.
Tom has made over one thousand speeches/panel appearances throughout California and beyond. With the release of his first book, The New Conservative Paradigm, author and political analyst Mona Charen heralded, “Not since Newt Gingrich in the ‘90s has a Republican activist so clearly analyzed what has gone right and wrong for the party and the Conservative movement.” The New Conservative Paradigm is now in its second edition. Tom lives in the San Francisco Bay Area where he practices business and real estate law.
