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)

Entertaining look at the ugly future of the West

Really enjoyed this scary look at the present and future of the Western world. Steyn covers the self-destructive behavior of the West and the rise of its enemies, and reads his material with a cheerful sunniness that contrasts with his vision.

FANTASTIC!

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

Mark Steyn is a genius and listening to him is pure pleasure. His depth of knowledge of world affairs and the interlocks that bind them all together is daunting. I will need to listen to the whole book at least one more time to absorb all the info that he presents. His narration is superior and I hated switching off my MP3, it was overwhelming, terrifying, hilarious, deeply troubling, but very necessary and you owe it to yourself to hear what this remarkable dude has to say.

Story about America after it has left

A quick view of America aafter all the people right was sew down the drain.

Mark Steyn Delivers

This is a great book. Steyn is well read and very thoughtful. He presents his case throughly, and he backs up his predictions with examples from current events and history. His sense of humor keeps this book entertaining.

Scary BUT TRUE!!!

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

A book about what many Americans think and know but don't know what to do about it.

Great book to see where our country is headed

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes

What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?

That its hard not to agree with the author even though it is such a bleak message.

Which character – as performed by Mark Steyn – was your favorite?

NA

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When he quoted Tocqueville, saying, "America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great."

Steyn is Terrific

The best audiobooks are the ones that are read by the author. And the best of those are the ones where the author has a great voice, and Steyn is one of those guys. Best of all, he's smart AND he's funny. You can't beat that.

I read this book and then went and bought the audiobook to hear it read to me again. Its that good.

And Steyn is right on the money about EVERYTHING, but even if you don't agree with his politics, he's still fascinating.

Epic narration of America’s deeds and the need for us to act.

Excellent and told with enough humor that it kept me from crying. This is a serious discussion of the status of America. A must read. There is hope for Americans but we have to do something. He draws a compelling picture of future America if we do no demonopolize the government. I am a new fan of Mark Steyn

Fantastic and Enlightening!!

Fantastic book that was very well written... Mark Steyn is a humorous visionary with amazing perspective. Enjoyed the content and the delivery of this well written book.

I love this guy!

Gripping...entertaining...disturbing.

I put Steyn in the same column as Thomas Sowell, Walter E. Williams, and other deeply conservative thinkers and compelling communicators.

Steyn brings a well-traveled, common sense perspective to the subject of America's decline. He is obviously an avid student of history, geography, demography, politics, etc. Yet, he offers a nonacademic sense of our nation's trajectory.

You can choose to pass on this book, yet none of us can pass on the inevitable collapse of the modern welfare state.

Finally, Steyn, himself, narrates this book in his very engaging style. I really like his radio voice, and I love his narrative voice. I only wish he also narrated America Alone.