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Start giftingWhen America Stopped Being Great
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Learn moreThe presidency of Donald Trump is commonly seen as an historical accident. In When America Stopped Being Great, Nick Bryant argues that by 2016 it had become almost historically inescapable. In this highly personal account, drawing on decades of covering Washington for the BBC, Bryant shows how the billionaire capitalised on the mistakes of his five predecessors, Ronald Reagan, George Herbert Walker Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and how also he became a beneficiary of a broken politics, an iniquitous economy, an ailing media, a facile culture, disruptive new technology and the creation of a modern-day presidency that elevated showmanship over statesmanship. Not only are we starting to see the emergence of a post-American world, Bryant fears we are seeing the emergence of a post-American America.
The history of Trump's rise is also a history of America's fall - not only are we witnessing America's post-millennial decline, but also the country's disintegration.
Nick Bryant (Author)
During a career spanning almost thirty years, Nick Bryant came to be regarded as one of the BBC's finest foreign correspondents and was described as 'the new Alistair Cooke'. He has been posted in Washington, South Asia, Australia and, most recently, New York, where he covered the Trump years. His writing has appeared in The Economist, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Monthly and The New Statesman. He broadcasts regularly on the BBC and ABC. Nick studied history at Cambridge and has a doctorate in American politics from Oxford. He now lives in Sydney with his wife and children. His book, When America Stopped Being Great: A History of the Present, currently resides on Joe Biden's bookshelf in the Oval Office.
Ben Chapple (Reader)
Sydney-bred writer, actor, musician and athlete Ben Chapple has written and performed his own plays to critical acclaim. Notably, his 2016 play Briony was shortlisted for the Sydney Theatre Company's prestigious Patrick White Playwrights' Award.
After wrapping the WA Screen Academy short film Hy_Brain, Ben starred in Screentime/Network Ten's second series of Playing for Keeps in the lead role of AFL superstar Liam Flynn. Onstage, Ben has played iconic characters sch as Father Flynn in Doubt (2016), Francis in The Golden Age (2017) Holden Caulfield in Reg Cribbs' Bullies (2018), and Paul in Birdland (2019).
Concurrent with his training at WAAPA, Ben studied law and writing degrees at the University of Technology, Sydney. As professional writer, he has interviewed international artists and reviewed films for publication such as Time Out and Woman's Day.
Nick Bryant (Author)
During a career spanning almost thirty years, Nick Bryant came to be regarded as one of the BBC's finest foreign correspondents and was described as 'the new Alistair Cooke'. He has been posted in Washington, South Asia, Australia and, most recently, New York, where he covered the Trump years. His writing has appeared in The Economist, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Monthly and The New Statesman. He broadcasts regularly on the BBC and ABC. Nick studied history at Cambridge and has a doctorate in American politics from Oxford. He now lives in Sydney with his wife and children. His book, When America Stopped Being Great: A History of the Present, currently resides on Joe Biden's bookshelf in the Oval Office.
Ben Chapple (Reader)
Sydney-bred writer, actor, musician and athlete Ben Chapple has written and performed his own plays to critical acclaim. Notably, his 2016 play Briony was shortlisted for the Sydney Theatre Company's prestigious Patrick White Playwrights' Award.
After wrapping the WA Screen Academy short film Hy_Brain, Ben starred in Screentime/Network Ten's second series of Playing for Keeps in the lead role of AFL superstar Liam Flynn. Onstage, Ben has played iconic characters sch as Father Flynn in Doubt (2016), Francis in The Golden Age (2017) Holden Caulfield in Reg Cribbs' Bullies (2018), and Paul in Birdland (2019).
Concurrent with his training at WAAPA, Ben studied law and writing degrees at the University of Technology, Sydney. As professional writer, he has interviewed international artists and reviewed films for publication such as Time Out and Woman's Day.