American secession : the looming threat of a national breakup / F.H. Buckley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buckley, F. H. (Francis H.), 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secession--United States.

Secession.

Polarization (Social sciences)--United States.

Polarization (Social sciences).

States' rights (American politics).

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--21st century.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--Philosophy.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xi, 170 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Encounter Books, [2020]

Summary:

"Americans have never been more divided, and we're ripe for a breakup. The bitterness, the gridlock, the growing tolerance of violence, invite us to think that we'd be happier were we two different countries. In all the ways that matter, save for the naked force of law, we are already two nations. There's a second reason why secession beckons. We're over-big, one of the biggest countries in the world. Smaller countries are happier and less corrupt. They're less inclined to throw their weight around militarily, and they're freer. If there are advantages to bigness, the costs exceed the benefits. Bigness is badness. Across the world, just about every country is staring down a secession movement. Many have already split apart. And are we to think that, almost alone in the world, we're immune from this? Or that the Civil War made secession impossible? If so, this book explodes those comforting beliefs, and shows just how easy it would be for a state to exit the union if that's what its voters wanted"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

One nation, divisible

When secession is politically correct

Secession : a how to guide

Bigness and badness

Bigness and happiness

Bigness and corruption

Bigness and the military

Bigness and freedom

Bigness and wealth

Secession lite

Home rule

Everything that rises must converge.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-162) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Buckley, F. H. (Francis H.), 1948- American secession.

ISBN:

9781641770804

1641770805

OCLC:

1119062120