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The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America Hardcover – October 5, 2021

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The New York Times bestselling author of The Case for Trump explains the decline and fall of the once cherished idea of American citizenship.

Human history is full of the stories of peasants, subjects, and tribes. Yet the concept of the “citizen” is historically rare—and was among America’s most valued ideals for over two centuries. But without shock treatment, warns historian Victor Davis Hanson, American citizenship as we have known it may soon vanish.

In The Dying Citizen, Hanson outlines the historical forces that led to this crisis. The evisceration of the middle class over the last fifty years has made many Americans dependent on the federal government. Open borders have undermined the idea of allegiance to a particular place. Identity politics have eradicated our collective civic sense of self. And a top-heavy administrative state has endangered personal liberty, along with formal efforts to weaken the Constitution.

As in the revolutionary years of 1848, 1917, and 1968, 2020 ripped away our complacency about the future. But in the aftermath, we as Americans can rebuild and recover what we have lost. The choice is ours.

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Explore the Works of Victor D. Hanson This New York Times bestselling Trump biography from a major American intellectual explains how a renegade businessman became one of the most successful — and necessary — presidents of all time. A "breathtakingly magisterial" account of World War II by America's preeminent military historian (Wall Street Journal) In this “gripping account of catastrophic defeat” (Barry Strauss), a New York Times–bestselling historian charts how and why some societies chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are possible in our time

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“Mr. Hanson, an accomplished classicist and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, is one of the great amalgamators of American political writing. He has a particular gift for bringing together a dizzying array of events, controversies and ideas and making sense of them by advancing a coherent argument that incorporates thousands of years of history… Mr. Hanson hits hard, but I don’t find his analysis unfair or partisan. There is enormous value, moreover, in thinking about toxic political developments not as problems of the moment but as destructive pathologies to which all societies are prone at all times.”―Wall Street Journal

“Indispensable… Hanson’s immensely erudite and inspiriting book offers a most welcome corrective to those influential forces and doctrines in our midst that conspire to delegitimize the citizen and citizenship as such. In doing so, he provides us with hope that our society still has within it significant powers of rejuvenation.”―National Review

“As Victor Davis Hanson shows in his learned, powerful, and troubling new book, The Dying Citizen, the steady devolution of citizenship speaks volumes about where we are today and where we seem to be heading… Hanson lays out this grim diagnosis with his usual clarity and brilliance, moving easily from his deep specialized knowledge of the ancient Greek and Roman world through savvy observations about present-day politics and American society.”
―The New Criterion

“A powerful and carefully developed argument for preserving American citizenship.”
―American Thinker

“Required reading for all those who seriously want to engage in the fieriest issues of our days at their most thoughtful levels of depth.”―Epoch Times

“Hanson is well-positioned to describe the evolution of citizenship from ancient times through the modern era, and especially the assumptions about citizenship underlying America's constitutional order… Hanson presents, clearly and concisely, a case that critics will struggle to refute. His troubling argument has far-reaching implications. The Dying Citizen is a book that all Americans should read, then discuss with friends and neighbors.”―Claremont Review of Books

“Among public intellectuals writing within a secular framework about America’s troubles, Victor Davis Hanson towers above the rest.”―First Things

“The Dying Citizen is essential reading for any American who cares about the fate of our nation.”―Mark R. Levin

“In The Dying Citizen, Victor Davis Hanson shows once again why he is America's premier scholar, writer, and political observer. Drawing on his training as a classicist, and clearly informed by his deep personal experience living and farming in California's San Joaquin Valley, Hanson has written a tour de force on the history, rights, and responsibilities of modern citizenship, and the galaxy of forces that are undermining the concept of American citizenship today. Immensely enlightening but also deeply unsettling, The Dying Citizen is a wake-up call for our countrymen who want to preserve the American ideal for future generations.”―Rep. Devin Nunes

“Citizenship brings all the enduring principles of democracy into the sphere of the individual.  It honors the human need for a collective identity even as it makes room for the individual to pursue happiness. In this remarkably illuminating book, Victor Davis Hanson shows how so many contemporary problems—identity politics, the border crisis, bloated government, etc.—have only worsened for the lack of a vigorous and clarifying idea of citizenship. In this deeply democratic idea, Hanson points to a way beyond what ails us.”
 ―Shelby Steele, author of Shame

“Politicians often speak to “my fellow citizens,” implying a kind of common project among all citizens.  In America, that project is our shared devotion to our founding principles.  Victor Davis Hanson explains in The Dying Citizen, however, that this uniquely American concept of citizenship is imperiled—whether from ancient threats like economic stagnation, open borders, and racial discord, or modern ones like unelected bureaucrats, anti-Constitution progressives, and globalists. As only he can, Hanson weaves together history, philosophy, and contemporary headlines to diagnose our current woes and to remind them that the cure lies in what is best in them and in America.”―Senator Tom Cotton

“Victor Davis Hanson’s book is not a complaint nor a polemic but rather a fine-grained diagnosis of a very serious disease. Its symptoms are all around us: the fragmentation of America’s national identity by the assertion of not merely separate but separatist identities with the vehement support of the most privileged of all Americans. May this brilliant diagnosis lead us to a cure.”―Edward N. Luttwak, author of The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strategy

“The great glory of the democratic revolution of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was extending the blessings of citizenship to anyone and everyone who embraced the principles and responsibilities of self-governing nations. As Victor Davis Hanson explains, by subtle degrees we’re reversing course, through a deliberate attempt to dilute and eventually erase national identity, sovereignty, borders, and the meaningful content of citizenship itself. But if everyone is a “citizen of everywhere,” it means they are citizens of nowhere, with the return of autocratic rule the final result. The hour is late, and we have Hanson to thank for this capacious account of what we need to recover.”―Steven F. Hayward, author of Patriotism Is Not Enough

“This is not a drill—this is the real thing. If you don’t believe that the survival of the American republic hangs in the balance, you must read Victor Davis Hanson’s relentless exposition of the facts. America’s free citizenry is at imminent risk of defeat at the hands of an unelected Deep State allied to a globalist elite that flouts American law with impunity and plans to jettison the Constitution. Even if you think you’re informed and alarmed about these trends, Hanson’s brilliant presentation will leave you much better prepared to address these dangers. Get this book into the hands of everyone you know.”―David Goldman, deputy editor of Asia Times and author of You Will Be Assimilated

“Once again Victor Davis Hanson has written a masterly account of a great public affairs crisis. He has given a learned history of the concept and indispensability in a democracy of responsible citizenship; has perceptively chronicled how it has been undermined in the US; how Donald Trump in his sometimes frantic way tried to revive it, and of the tense but not unhopeful current prospects. This book is a concise masterpiece that all serious citizens should read.”
 ―Conrad Black

“This is a book about an ongoing and threatening change of ‘regime,’ which means a change not only in how we are governed but also in how we live. To understand such a thing requires perspective: Victor Hanson is deeply educated in the classics, where knowledge of regimes was first developed. It also requires a close observation of what is happening today, about which he writes insightfully and in profusion. In this book, Hanson demonstrates yet again his command across time and for our time. This book and he are a treasure.”
 ―Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College

About the Author

Victor Davis Hanson is a senior fellow in military history at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, Fresno. He is the author of over two dozen books, including A War Like No Other, The Second World Wars, The Case for Trump, and The End of Everything. He lives in Selma, California.

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  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 154164753X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1541647534
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Victor Davis Hanson is a senior fellow in military history and classics at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, Fresno. He is the author of over two dozen books, including The Second World Wars, The Dying Citizen, and The End of Everything. He lives in Selma, California.

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SKJ
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
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5.0 out of 5 stars VDH hits the nail on the head with this book.
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The author, whether speaking or writing, always presents a unique perspective on every topic covered.
Prior to reading this I was of the opinion our country is in a time of great peril and could elaborate extensively on why that is felt, but VDH takes it down to the granular level and makes an indisputable case
for the title. I have passed this on to my closest of friends and acquaintances with no complain or criticism on the content. Every American should be aware of this book, read it, think about it, get involved!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Read!
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2024
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I was quite surprised how well this book is written and explains topics in a factual, neutral position in today's world in the USA. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Would highly recommend to learn why America has so many issues unresolved and continuing to grow.
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Jake
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding case made by the author.
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Victor lays out the case for Dying Citizenship in an extremely thought provoking manner. He ties in the history of citizenship with the current status of American Citizenship.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Dense and articulate essay on the engineered dying of the middle-class American Citizen
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2021
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The author, Victor Davis Hanson, using all his erudition and intelligence, details in 346 pages of dense writing and 50+ pages of footnotes the dying off of the average middle-class American citizen at the hands of Progressivism, Tribalism, Globalization and a well-funded elite who no longer consider themselves as Americans but as a ruling class beholden to no one.

I would strongly recommend that you also watch the short series of recorded lectures by the author found at the Hillsdale College website called, "American Citizenship and Its Decline" which I found even better than the book.

Hanson, author of several dozen books, is an eminent historian and classicist whose books offer a wide ranging critique and comparison of historical and current demographics and cultural customs. He starts with the history of the concept of citizenship and then explains the forces trying to destroy citizenship today. He ends with a short epilogue chapter taking us up to the current time.

His warnings are timely and grave. Take this sentence. "Amazon, Google and Apple--three of the top-five market-capitalized corporations in the world--- in the same early hours of the same day, without warning and in a coordinated effort, blocked servers and apps used to access their upstart, conservative social media rival Parler."

Hanson can summarize hugely important (and frankly scary) occurrences in an incredibly clear manner. His footnotes are often extra proof and a short essay on whatever is being discussed.

According to Hanson (and political commentators from Socrates on down), the ideal citizen is a middle class American who is free in both a civil and religious sense, responsibly serving and voting and earning a good living, and is knowledgeable and independent. The book fills in the details and proof of these assertions.

A favorite part for me is the author's connection to the Central Valley of California where he still lives. I grew up there also, going to school, working summers at menial labor picking crops, and seeing the death of the middle class agriculturalist at the hands of the elite and the libtard government of what was once the best run state in the republic but is now a cautionary tale of how to ruin paradise. Hanson notes that California now has the worst schools, the worst infrastructure, the greatest disparity in income, and the most homeless and welfare recipients along with horrendous crime.

The writing can be dry and concepts can be overly repetitive. All in all, of all the books out there on current affairs, this is the one I would read first. 4 stars.
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Doug Roseveare
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
Reviewed in Canada on December 4, 2023
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This book is in tune with the current situation all over North America. It is a must read for anyone who is concerned with how the traditions and heritage of North American life are being destroyed by the lack of importance citizenship holds with the radical progressives who love nothing more than ruining us all from the inside.

Victor Davis Hanson hit the nail flush on the head with this one.
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Un excelente libro sobre la perdida de la clase media !
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5.0 out of 5 stars What a great book!
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I read this book with a great shock. I am not a English native speaker, but I can not help myself reading the book without any stop. Mr. Hanson clearly described the status change of America. But I saw the same or worse situations in Europe. It is eye opening book for me.
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Claude Medeot
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This book reaches very deep into "civilization" as it influenced the America Founders and their attempt in creating an "experimental" government to prevent the present illness that is now destroying it internally. The book exposes, with indisputable evidence (well footnoted) the corruption withing the government and those politicians who have been dismantling the Constitution to obtain their own personal goals and ideologies at the expense of the nation.
It exposes by their greed and corruption how they've deliberately allowed "tribalism" and division to take root in the USA and use it as a political tool to seize power at the expense of its citizens.
This is a must read for those who can and that intend to vote (with proof of citizenship) in the American presidential election coming this November 2024 so you understand who must be voted out of government.
Most American people are not aware of the danger that their country is facing and this book will clarify and shed light on their lack of knowledge to hopefully guide them in preventing America from becoming a Banana Republic.
In saying the above it would also be good for any European reader to understand how a similar mechanism is at work in their own country and will lead to the same negative result.
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Jonathan Baldie
5.0 out of 5 stars A warning call we would all do well to heed
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 7, 2021
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I may be one of a few regular listener of VDH's weekly podcasts here in the UK, but I've always been impressed by his ability to quickly and effectively analyse current affairs. The Dying Citizen is no exception to this. Though it is a long book (I both read the Kindle edition and listened to the Audible audiobook) it is full of biting analysis of the dishonesty and corruption in America, which has knock-on effects on the UK's prospects.

Read this book with an open mind, and you will be surprised at how dishonestly the news media has been treating issues of great important to the West's future prosperity and safety. It may make you angry, but it will be an anger at how much we have been misled by those concentrating corrupt political power in their hands, and making us hate each other - doing real harm to vulnerable people. The Dying Citizen is a great reminder of where we have come from, and what we can lose if we don't hold onto our precious liberties.
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