The Age of Illusions

New York Times –Bestselling Author: A penetrating account of the post-Cold War follies and delusions that culminated in the age of Trump. When the Cold War ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Washington establishment felt it had prevailed in a world-historical struggle. Our side had won, a verdict that was both decisive and irreversible. For the world’s “indispensable nation,” its “sole superpower,” the future looked very bright. History, having brought the United States to the very summ