Coming of age in the mid-20th century, the author poses the question, "What has happened to the America we once knew?" In answer to this question, Mr. Speziale examines an array of critical "mileposts" along what he perceives as the path to the demise of modern American civilization. Not a scholarly, historical monograph but rather a flowing narrative based on the author's personal observations, recollections, and reflections over the past 50+ years.