Review:
NewsWithViews.com, May 25, 2006
His book will prove one of the most important solutions in the history of
the United States.
Book Description:
Could there be a time in the not-too-distant future when schoolchildren
around the world will study about the rise and fall of the United States?
Barring major cultural and societal shifts, at least one American lawmaker
believes so. In Mortal Danger lays out the case that the hub of Western
civlization, the United States, is on course to the dustbin of history. Like
the great and mighty empires of the past-"superpowers" that once stretched
from horizon to horizon-America is heading down the road to ruin.
English historian Edward Gibbon, in penning his classic The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire (ironically published in the year America's Founding Fathers declared independence from Great Britain), theorized that Rome fell because it rotted from within. It succumbed to barbarian invasions because of a loss of civic virtue, its citizens became lazy and soft, hiring barbarian mercenaries to defend the empire because they were unwilling to defend it themselves.
Congressman Tom Tancredo explains in cogent, rational detail how America is on a similar path. He believes that the incredible economic success and historical military prowess of the United States has transformed a nation founded on Judeo-Christian principles of right and wrong into an overindulgent, self-deprecating, immoral cesspool of depravity. Without strong, moral leadership, without a renewed sense of purpose, without a rededication to family and community, without shunning the race hustlers and pop-culture sham artists, without protecting our borders, language, and culture, the nation that once was the "land of the free and home of the brave" and the "one last hope of mankind" will repeat the catastrophic mistakes of the past. In Mortal Danger is his prescription for repairing the damage.