The Last Best Hope: A History of American Realism--Available for pre-order!
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Best-Hope-History-American/dp/1915635640/ref=sr_1_1?crid=SJZ1UQMJUI9K&keywords=john+hulsman+the+last+best+hope&qid=1692256967&sprefix=%2Caps%2C162&sr=8-1
Dear All,
I am beyond delighted to announce that “The Last Best Hope: A History of American Realism,” is now available for pre-order from Amazon in the US (it’s also available for pre-order on Amazon UK). Here is what the inside cover says:
“In this brilliant exploration of American history and contemporary conservative politics, foreign policy expert John Hulsman draws on his years at the heart of Washington to present a compelling new vision of conservative realism.”
“In our current Age of Insecurity, Hulsman suggests, there has never been a bigger need for the re-ascendance of realist principles in conservative circles. By drawing on U.S. history to illustrate realist precepts at the heart of the American story, The Last Best Hope provides a practical, realist foreign policy for a new age of American politics.”
“There has never been a greater time to re-claim the primacy of conservative thought. By fusing the populist Jacksonian base of the GOP with the more libertarian Jeffersonian school of thought, this cogently argued manifesto hopes to grasp that opportunity, and to act as a clarion call for a new dominant realist foreign policy.”
And about me:
“For the past fifteen years, Dr. John C. Hulsman has been the President and Managing Partner of John C. Hulsman Enterprises, a prominent global political risk consulting firm. Literally, the sun never sets on John's political risk analysis: He is Senior Columnist for City AM, the newspaper of the city of London, while also writing regular columns on geopolitics, macroeconomics, and politics for Arab News in Riyadh, Conservative Home in London, The Messenger and The Hill newspapers in Washington, Aspen in Rome, and various outlets in New Delhi.
Prior to this, Hulsman served as Fellow in European Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Senior Research Fellow in Geopolitics and Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation for seven years, the largest think tank in the world. A Washington insider, he is a Life Member of the US Council on Foreign Relations, the pre-eminent US foreign policy institution. Hulsman is the author of all or part of 14 books, has given over 1560 interviews, written over 1200 articles, prepared over 1380 briefings, and delivered more than 760 speeches on global political risk and foreign policy for blue-chip corporations and governments around the world.”
“Hulsman has made a name for himself as the pre-eminent predictor of global geopolitical risk in our new multipolar era, uniquely calling the Brexit referendum result, the 2020 US election perfectly (Presidency, House and Senate), the coming of the Sino-American Cold War, the tragic US failures at nation-building in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the rise of endemic inflation, as well as correctly calling 18 of his firm's past 20 major political risk predictions. His most recent work, the best-selling, To Dare More Boldly: The Audacious Story of Political Risk, was published by Princeton University Press in April 2018.”
Friends, I am counting on our community to vault this incredibly important book to the top of Amazon’s best-seller list. To do so, I am relying on your usual stalwart help. To beat the Amazon algorithim, pre-ordering the book in bulk is the key (you also lock in the highly affordable spot price I personally set the book at). So now is the time to buy 10 of them!
In the coming days I will start a podcast series (starting tomorrow) about the thinking that went into the writing, going over what was in my head as I wrote each chapter as the book unfolded. It is a unique way for me to share the writing process with you, to take you through the creative thicket as I thought through and wrote this most important book. I look forward to sharing this adventure of resurrecting realism, restoring it as the dominant foreign policy school of thought in America. For if we change the Republican Party, we can change America. And if we change America, we can change the world.
I look forward to sharing this adventure together,
Fondly,
John
Hi Terri,
That's just great; as ever thanks for your depthless support. The initial numbers for the unveiling of the book are very good so I am encouraged as we set off on our journey. Please do spread the word, as word of mouth from our community to friends is a huge advantage we have. Yes, I loved that podcast on Covid; one of the better calls I have made! Take care and thanks, I am truly enjoying every minute of the book adventure. Fondly, John
John-
I finally got off my backside and pre-ordered 2 copies of your new book. I was hoping you could sign one for me and for one for Dennis. Please let me know how to make it happen. Thanks for great work especially during these troubling world times.
-Mark