American future, paperback/simon schama

Subtitled, }A History From The Founding Fathers To Barack Obama{.

Timely examination of the worlds most controversial superpower, at a time when the country is being forced to examine its own place in the world.

With chapters devoted to power, race, religious conviction, land and profit, Schama looks at why America sees itself as different from the rest of the world, and how this opinion has led it to both triumphs and calamities.

Schama has sold hundreds of thousands of books, and has won numerous awards and accolades.