"In The Abandonment of the West, historian Michael Kimmage traces the West's rise and its decline in American foreign policy since the 1890s - and argues that reviving the West today is essential to fostering national unity and resisting new geopolitical threats. He concludes with a defense of the West as a framework for American foreign affairs today. Despite its past shortcomings, Kimmage argues, reviving the West is essential to restoring a foreign policy rooted in liberty and self-governance and resisting the authoritarianism of Russia and China"-- Provided by publisher.

The Columbian Republic, 1893-1919 --The case for the West, 1919-1945 -- The rise of the West, 1945-1963 -- Questions, 1963-1979 -- The suicide of the West? 1963-1992 -- The post-Columbian Republic, 1992-2016.