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Political Tribes

Political Tribes

By Amy Chua

Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations. Penguin Books, 2018.

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A brief summary of Political Tribes

A game-changing insight into the way innate human tribal behavior affects politics, from the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq to the success of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, and the anxieties that contributed to Trump’s election win in America.

Key insights in Political Tribes

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What do you get from this book? The story of how tribalism dominates politics, and how America has ignored it
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Tribalism is human nature, but America’s unique immigrant-unifying culture has blinded it to the strong tribal politics of foreign nations
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The Vietnam War might have been avoided if America had understood Vietnam’s hostile relationship with China
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The “Pashtun Problem” and ethnic tensions in Afghanistan were catastrophically overlooked by first the Soviet Union, then America
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American principles don’t always translate abroad, and democracy was the match that lit a fire in Iraq
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Terrorism is rooted in human tribal instincts, and those instincts can transform ordinary people into killers
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The delusion that racism and tribalism did not exist in Venezuela allowed Hugo Chávez to come to power
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America itself is fracturing into tribes, with Middle Americans and liberals divided by culture and money
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Racial tension and identity politics on the left and right spurred Trump’s success, though there are promising signs of reconciliation
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Summary of the key insights
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Selected critiques in brief
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Final word

Who should read Political Tribes

Politicians • international relations buffs • campaigners • historians • those worried by political polarization • those who are politically polarized

About the author of Political Tribes

Amy Chua is a law professor at Yale University, a graduate of Harvard Law School and the first Asian American executive editor of the Harvard Law Review. Her previous publications include Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and World on Fire.

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