Bret Stephens, America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder (New York: Sentinel, 2014). Hardcover | Kindle Should America walk the beat as the world’s policeman? Many Americans on both sides of the political aisle think not. For example, President Barack Obama, a Democrat, flatly states, “We should not be the world’s policeman.” Similarly, Senator Rand Paul, a Republican, avers: “America’s mission should always be to keep the peace, not police the world.” After more than a decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, the sentiment is understandable. Understandable, Bret Stephens argues in his new book, America … Continue reading Review of ‘America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder’ by Bret Stephens