PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary of the book and NOT the original book.  America by Dinesh D'Souza - A 30-minute Instaread Summary Inside this Instaread Summary: * Overview of the entire book * Introduction to the important people in the book * Summary and analysis of all the chapters in the book * Key Takeaways of the book * A Reader's Perspective Preview of this summary:   Chapter 1 As early as the 1960s, American scholars have suggested that America is declining as a world power. This is taking place because of a plan to deconstruct and then remake the country by progressives, a newer version of political liberals. President Obama and other progressive leaders have a vision of America that differs from the one outlined by the Founding Fathers. This vision is based on the theory that America must fall so that others can rise. It is a concept that is now accepted practice for both foreign and domestic policy.Currently three indicators of American decline are a stagnant economy, a large national debt, and a loss of power on the world stage. The Constitution created a formula for a new society. Instead of being created from conquest and force, America was organized by reflection and choice. President Obama's policies are taking the country in a different direction than was intended by the Founding Fathers. More power is being given to the state and less to the people. Extreme progressives today believe that Americans stole the land their country was built on from the native Indians and from Mexico. It is also thought America stole the labor of slaves to build the country. These progressives see capitalism as based on theft because it keeps the majority of workers from having their fair share. They believe America was founded on, and has been sustained, from theft. The progressives believe, from a moral standpoint, America should be destroyed...