What do Scientology, Las Vegas, Marlboros, commercialized sports, Wal-Mart, television and Disney all have in common?
According to John Tirman, author of the humorous and scathing book "100 Ways America Is Screwing Up The World" (Harper Perennial, $13.95), these are just a few of the ways the U.S. harms the planet-from disregard of the environment to labor practices to personal health habits.
Tirman says that because of America's virtues, potential power and its own standards, its citizens must be vigilant and critical when it sets a bad example for the rest of the world.
Tirman holds America's people and leaders responsible for the ways that the nation is ruining the world.
His book was written to be "tough love" for Americans, encouraging them to think critically and strive to uphold the country's unique standing on the world stage.
The serious-minded-but frequently humorous-book looks at the ways in which the U.S. sets a bad example-from politics to agriculture to pop culture.
The book is available wherever books are sold. |
