It was ten years ago that Mark Steyn's instant bestseller “America Alone: The end of the world as we know it” hit bookshelves. The book was panned by critics as a xenophobic polemic, while supporters lamented its accuracy as an obituary to freedom.
Whatever was thought then, the timely tome was an undeniable presage—albeit a somber one—of the next decade.
When the book was published in October of 2006, 9/11, having awakened the masses to the threat of Islamic terrorism, was still relatively fresh. Though that blunt approach to jihad existed alongside a subtler, ongoing societal change that was taking place through immigration, demography and political correctness.
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