Why Liberalism FailedHas liberalism failed because it has succeeded? Why Liberalism Failed offers cogent insights into the loss of meaning and community that many in the West feel, issues that liberal democracies ignore at their own peril. President Barack Obama Deneen's book is valuable because it focuses on today's central issue. The important debates now are not about policy. They are about the basic values and structures of our social order. David Brooks, New York