After America

Get Ready for Armageddon

By: Mark Steyn

Narrated by: Mark Steyn

Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

Optimistic about America’s future? Don’t be.

In his giant New York Times best seller, America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It, Mark Steyn predicted collapse for the rest of the Western World. Now, he adds, America has caught up with Europe on the great rush to self-destruction.

It’s not just our looming financial collapse; it’s not just a culture that seems on a fast track to perdition, full of hapless, indulgent, childish people who think government has the answer for every problem; it’s not just America’s potential eclipse as a world power because of the drunken sailor policymaking in Washington—no, it’s all this and more that spells one word for America: Armageddon.

What will a world without American leadership look like? It won’t be pretty—not for you and not for your children. America’s decline won’t be gradual, like an aging Europe sipping espresso at a café until extinction (and the odd Greek or Islamist riot). No, America’s decline will be a wrenching affair marked by violence and possibly secession.

With his trademark wit, Steyn delivers the depressing news with raw and unblinking honesty—but also with the touch of vaudeville stand-up and soft shoe that makes him the most entertaining, yet profound, columnist on the planet. And as an immigrant with nowhere else to go, he offers his own prescription for winning America back from the feckless and arrogant liberal establishment that has done its level best to suffocate the world’s last best hope in a miasma of debt, decay, and debility. You will not read a more important—or more alarming, or even funnier—book all year than After America.

©2011 Mark Steyn (P)2011 Phoenix Books, Inc.

Critic reviews

“Mark Steyn is a modern day Jeremiah with a quiverful of devastating one-liners, nailing what the liberals have done to our country. He presents an alarming—and frighteningly convincing—prophecy of where we’re headed. The choice is stark—we either listen to Steyn and act on his recommendations or face economic and cultural armageddon.” (Mark Levin)

“Mark Steyn has done it again. In his new book, After America, he clearly defines the dangerous signals which show America is embracing the same doomed path as the failed European economies, and how vital it is to implement and avoid policies right now to prevent us from the same fate.” (Sean Hannity)

“Only Mark Steyn can write about the decline of America and leave you laughing.” (Ann Coulter)

Everything came true...sadly

Mark is insightful, honest, and gloomily humorous throughout this book. Listening to this was like having to take a good, hard look at our country's decisions in the mirror...harsh. Listening to this in January of 2023 made me angry that we, as Americans, have let this happen to our great country. We need to gather the resolve to stop the downward trajectory, now!

Brilliant, riveting, terrifying and hilarious.

Where does After America rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Easily the best

What was one of the most memorable moments of After America?

The last 30 minutes wrapped it up poetically.

What does Mark Steyn bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

His voice is terrific. Great comedic timing.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I laughed out loud.

Any additional comments?

I listened to this book 3 times so far and plan to listen again. Never have done that before.

Steyn Narrates His Own View Of USA Today/Tomorrow

What made the experience of listening to After America the most enjoyable?

The author's familiarity with the tone and timing of his own bitingly sarcastic witticisms that fill every page of this book makes him the perfect narrator; no one else could deliver these lines with the proper execution.

What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?

That it all seems to be happening just as Steyn describes.

What about Mark Steyn’s performance did you like?

His brilliant elocution.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

After America - Head For The Hills!

Any additional comments?

Steyn may be the best topical writer of his generation.

Brilliant, Hilarious, Terrifying, Accurate.

What did you love best about After America?

If even 10% of Mark Steyn's diagnosis and prognosis is accurate, we are truly in the late stages of the decline and fall of America.

What other book might you compare After America to and why?

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

Any additional comments?

Mark proffers an incisive and deadly analysis with great wit. The reader often finds oneself laughing aloud while cringing at the stark import of the news being delivered. It is truly prophetic, in both senses of the word.

Excellent

Would you consider the audio edition of After America to be better than the print version?

I really enjoy reading, in general. However, listening to Mark Steyn read his own work adds a great deal to the text.

What did you like best about this story?

I enjoyed his sharp, witty, and spot-on observations.

What about Mark Steyn’s performance did you like?

He is a hoot to listen to. His voice really has wonderful expression and adds an extra kick to his observations. He makes a rough subject seem a bit more palatable to process.

What’s the most interesting tidbit you’ve picked up from this book?

There are no trivial pieces of information in this book - no tidbits. This is a chewy book.

Fantastic

Every single American should read this!? It should be required reading as soon as 9th grade!! Mark Steyn is truly brilliant!!

A must read!

The book is incredibly insightful, the author is smart, truthful and funny.

Everyone, regardless of political affiliation should read it but it is a must for conservatives.

Perfect 5 out of 5

"Captain Obvious" comes to mind, but sadly Detroit is just the beginning cause the Federal Government destroys everything it touches

Steyn's reading makes this a 5 star audiobook

For those who don't know, Mark Steyn is a conservative commentator, columnist and humorist orignially from Canada. He has a great British accent and thank God he narrated this book. He has a wonderful lively delivery that makes the reading come alive: information and grave commentary are read seriously, and humorous or sardonic commentary are read with the appropriate tongue-in-cheek. He has to be one of the wittiest men to walk the planet. He is like a conservative version of John Stewart, but with alot more insight and facts to back up his targeting of the particular PC sacred cows that he skewers.

I would call this a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining book if the subject wasn't the prediction of the catastrophic end of America and the birth of a post-American world where looney dictators with nukes and totalitarian communist regimes are going to have far more influence on international politics than the bankrupt and impotent US and the rest of rest of the civilized Western world.

It's not all hopeless for Steyn though, for if enough of us can tap into that ruggedly individualist, subversive American spirit now we just might be able to breath new life into this radical experient in self-government as the rest of the Western welfare states sink below the waterline. If your under 40 don't forget, you're the one getting stuck with this collossal big-government nanny-state bar tab, so you might as well forget about retirement, you got five lifetimes of Chinese debt to pay back!

I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in politics and enjoys excellent political humor. No one other than looney dictators and big-government technocrats will be offended, and no animals were harmed in the making of this audiobook. Get it!

Brilliant, Scary, Hilarious!

With his characteristic brilliance, Steyn explains how much of the world has relied on the hegemony of the United States to maintain international civil order, and how so many countires and societies now face a painful chaotic future as the US declines economically, and eventually militarily.
What is truly amazing is how Steyn can provide so much humorous entertainment, even as he is scaring the hell out of you.
This book can make you laugh and cry at the same time!
Highly recommended on all levels.