This book provides an important look at the evolution of the United States of America. It is broken into five parts: the prehistory and history of our country, an analysis of the major changes in the last 50 years, where the United States of America is now, and what the future will be for our nation.Since the early 1960s, something has dramatically changed in the deepest levels of American society. After the brief period of Pax Americana in the 1950s, it seemed as if some invisible switch was flipped in the heart of the United States, and the very fabric of the nation began quickly unraveling. Almost overnight, we went from light to darkness, from optimism to pessimism, and from America the Great to America the Guilty.Today in America, we face a crisis, but one which has been slowly constructed by the hands of our own public trustees - and our own negligence - over the last century: exploding public debt, vast government regulations/bureaucracy, and the trampling of the Rule of Law by our officials in the highest offices of the land. And while those challenges are daunting, there is really no reason why they cannot be overcome. America has faced and defeated similar challenges before - she only needs the will and the vision. A marvelous trust, a country like no other in the history of mankind has been entrusted to us. A country where we have had the freedom to grow and thrive, to be free to achieve our full potential, to shape the futures of our children and grandchildren - that is what is at stake. If we fail to do our duty, we shall be judged much more harshly than any other country in existence, because we have had so much more delivered to us for which we will be held accountable. There is a dark cloud looming on the horizon of America. I do not pretend to be able to see beyond the looming dark cloud. I do know that a field of battle is before us. Our young people may not want to die on fields drenched red with blood, but they must battle in the classroom, in the lecture halls, at the ballot box, on Wall Street, in mass media, in the newsrooms, in the hospitals, and in the churches. They must battle at home and abroad and we must help them. We must battle not just for the finances of this nation, but for its soul.The time has come for Americans to decide whether the United States becomes a full-fledged socialist democracy or returns to being a constitutional republic, based on limited government and a religious foundation, managed by common-sense citizen statesmen rather than professional politicians.What shall be our future? We are coming, potentially, to a crossroad in our nation: either socialism or revolution. It may be that we shall end our forefathers' experiment with a Constitutional Democracy based on a strong religious foundation.We are being pushed toward one of three ultimate endgames: the imposition of the socialist state, a conservative reversal of the Nation at the ballot box or another Civil War.Per the 2016 election our Nation has been given a reprieve to reverse the Socialist Movement by electing a Conservative Populist President with a mandate in Congress. Socialism has had 50 years to establish itself in our Nation. The fight will be difficult but hope springs eternal.Richard Castagnerauthor