Kohut and Stokes write that Americans are self-involved, that George W. Bush reflected the real America for others, and that changing these conditions needs a change of leaders and peoples' thoughts.[1] "Americans think of themselves as kings and queens of the world's prom", the writers said.[4] According to the book, American security depends on its further moral growth; "American greatness" does not need to have militaristic connotations, instead it needs exceptionalism worth aspiring to.[4]