Part memoir and part reportage, After the Fall is a hugely ambitious and essential work of discovery. Along the way, a Russian opposition leader he spoke with was poisoned, the Hong Kong protesters he came to know saw their movement snuffed out, and America itself reached the precipice of losing democracy before giving itself a second chance. Over the next three years, he traveled to dozens of countries, meeting with politicians, activists, and dissidents confronting the same nationalism and authoritarianism that was tearing America apart.
To understand what was happening in America, Rhodes decided to look outward. In 2017, as Ben Rhodes was helping Barack Obama begin his next chapter, the legacy they had worked to build for eight years was being taken apart. Why is democracy so threatened in America and around the world? And what can we do about it? A former White House aide and close confidant to President Barack Obama-and the New York Times bestselling author of The World as It Is-travels the globe in a deeply personal, beautifully observed quest for answers.
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