Granta magazine's 71st issue, "What We Think of America", was a prescient reflection of the USA's deepening political unpopularity among people outside its own borders. But what do Americans themselves think of their country's new imperialism - and of the world it rules?
A guide to the questions facing White House hopefuls in 2012, as well as the challenges awaiting the winner. It presents an analyses of a dozen key policy issues that is testing the nation: domestic economic growth, America's role in the world, the budget deficit, China relations, health care, Afghanistan and Pakistan, federalism, and Iran.