Through a Screen Darkly

“How the vulgarization of American popular culture has distorted the image of the United States for millions of people around the world.”—Francis Fukuyama, New York Times bestselling author What does the world admire most about America? Science, technology, higher education, consumer goods—but not, it seems, freedom and democracy. Indeed, these ideals are in global retreat, for reasons ranging from ill-conceived foreign policy to the financial crisis and the sophisticated propaganda of modern au