Midwest Book Review
2021-05-01 10:09:35 UTC
The Political Science Shelf
Democracy and Demographics in the USA
Zekeh S. Gbotokuma
Independently Published
9798559418803, $25.00, PB, 335pp
https://www.amazon.com/DEMOCRACY-DEMOGRAPHICS-USA-Transform-Elections/dp/B08MSQ3WM2
Synopsis: The United States is quite arguably 'the first modern democracy'. Unfortunately, Trumpism has increasingly become an imminent threat to democracy and national unity.
For the last five decades and more, the American exceptionalism that had allowed U.S. presidents to be leaders of the free world has, sadly, through a largely Republican Party southern political strategy, presidential abuse of power, and a growing culture of isolationism, that democracy is in severe peril.
President Trump has proven that he is "unfit to lead" domestically and globally, especially during the current coronavirus pandemic crisis. The general elections 2020 are about keeping the U.S. as a republic by rescuing its democracy from tweetocracy, protecting and defending its national security and sovereignty.
Unfortunately, Congressional 'Trumpublicans' have put party before country and failed to patriotically carry out their oversight duty. Consequently, it is imperative that Democrats transform the midterms 2018 'blue wave' into a blue tsunami. That is the best possible way to restore sanity, decency, law and order in Washington.
Critique: The subsequent 2020 election of Joe Biden to the presidency, Trump's advocacy of insurrection based upon the false claim of the election having been stolen from him, and yet the continued re-election of anti-democratic Republicans to the House and Senate, and only the fortuitous election of two new Democratic senators from the state of Geogia giving President Biden a one vote Senate majority in the form of his Vice President Kamala Harris, have borne out the validity of dire warning and political advocacy of "Democracy and Demographics in the USA: The Squad's Roadmap to Transform the Blue Wave Into a Blue Tsunami in the 2020 Elections" by Zekeh S. Gbotokuma -- it is continuing relevance for the election cycles of 2022 and 2024. While especially and unreservedly recommended for community, college, and university library Contemporary American Political Science collections, it should be noted for the personal reading lists of political science students, academia, political activists, and non-specialist general readers that "Democracy and Demographics in the USA" is also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $12.00).
Editorial Note: Dr. Zekeh S. Gbotokuma is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, and the founding President of Polyglots in Action for Diversity, Inc. He is also the author of numerous multilingual publications (articles and books), including: A Polyglot Pocket Dictionary of Lingala, English, French, and Italian (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016); Global Safari: Checking In and Checking Out in Pursuit of World Wisdoms, the American Dream; Cosmocitizenship, and A Pan-African Encyclopedia (Edwin Mellen Press, 2003).
EDITOR'S NOTE:
The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers. Full permission is given to post any of these reviews on thematically appropriate websites, newsgroups, listserves, internet discussion groups, organizational newsletters, or to interested individuals. Please give the Midwest Book Review a credit line when doing so.
The Midwest Book Review publishes the monthly book review magazines "California Bookwatch", "Internet Bookwatch", "Children's Bookwatch", "MBR Bookwatch", "Reviewer's Bookwatch", and "Small Press Bookwatch". All are available for free on the Midwest Book Review website at www (dot) midwestbookreview (dot) com
Anyone wanting to submit books for review consideration can send them to:
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive
Oregon, WI 53575-1129
To submit reviews of any fiction or non-fiction books, email them to Frugalmuse (at) aol (dot) com (Be sure to include the book title, author, publisher, publisher address, publisher website/phone number, 13-digit ISBN number, and list price).
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
Democracy and Demographics in the USA
Zekeh S. Gbotokuma
Independently Published
9798559418803, $25.00, PB, 335pp
https://www.amazon.com/DEMOCRACY-DEMOGRAPHICS-USA-Transform-Elections/dp/B08MSQ3WM2
Synopsis: The United States is quite arguably 'the first modern democracy'. Unfortunately, Trumpism has increasingly become an imminent threat to democracy and national unity.
For the last five decades and more, the American exceptionalism that had allowed U.S. presidents to be leaders of the free world has, sadly, through a largely Republican Party southern political strategy, presidential abuse of power, and a growing culture of isolationism, that democracy is in severe peril.
President Trump has proven that he is "unfit to lead" domestically and globally, especially during the current coronavirus pandemic crisis. The general elections 2020 are about keeping the U.S. as a republic by rescuing its democracy from tweetocracy, protecting and defending its national security and sovereignty.
Unfortunately, Congressional 'Trumpublicans' have put party before country and failed to patriotically carry out their oversight duty. Consequently, it is imperative that Democrats transform the midterms 2018 'blue wave' into a blue tsunami. That is the best possible way to restore sanity, decency, law and order in Washington.
Critique: The subsequent 2020 election of Joe Biden to the presidency, Trump's advocacy of insurrection based upon the false claim of the election having been stolen from him, and yet the continued re-election of anti-democratic Republicans to the House and Senate, and only the fortuitous election of two new Democratic senators from the state of Geogia giving President Biden a one vote Senate majority in the form of his Vice President Kamala Harris, have borne out the validity of dire warning and political advocacy of "Democracy and Demographics in the USA: The Squad's Roadmap to Transform the Blue Wave Into a Blue Tsunami in the 2020 Elections" by Zekeh S. Gbotokuma -- it is continuing relevance for the election cycles of 2022 and 2024. While especially and unreservedly recommended for community, college, and university library Contemporary American Political Science collections, it should be noted for the personal reading lists of political science students, academia, political activists, and non-specialist general readers that "Democracy and Demographics in the USA" is also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $12.00).
Editorial Note: Dr. Zekeh S. Gbotokuma is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, and the founding President of Polyglots in Action for Diversity, Inc. He is also the author of numerous multilingual publications (articles and books), including: A Polyglot Pocket Dictionary of Lingala, English, French, and Italian (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016); Global Safari: Checking In and Checking Out in Pursuit of World Wisdoms, the American Dream; Cosmocitizenship, and A Pan-African Encyclopedia (Edwin Mellen Press, 2003).
EDITOR'S NOTE:
The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers. Full permission is given to post any of these reviews on thematically appropriate websites, newsgroups, listserves, internet discussion groups, organizational newsletters, or to interested individuals. Please give the Midwest Book Review a credit line when doing so.
The Midwest Book Review publishes the monthly book review magazines "California Bookwatch", "Internet Bookwatch", "Children's Bookwatch", "MBR Bookwatch", "Reviewer's Bookwatch", and "Small Press Bookwatch". All are available for free on the Midwest Book Review website at www (dot) midwestbookreview (dot) com
Anyone wanting to submit books for review consideration can send them to:
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive
Oregon, WI 53575-1129
To submit reviews of any fiction or non-fiction books, email them to Frugalmuse (at) aol (dot) com (Be sure to include the book title, author, publisher, publisher address, publisher website/phone number, 13-digit ISBN number, and list price).
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review