Book · 2020 · Political Science
Fortitude
American Resilience in the Era of Outrage
Why people recommend it
Fortitude by Dan Crenshaw is a book on American resilience, personal accountability, and mental toughness written by the former Navy SEAL and congressman. Dave Rubin strongly recommended and linked the book at the conclusion of his interview with Crenshaw on The Rubin Report, expressing hope that the conservative ideas detailed within the text would help shape the future post-lockdown. Jordan B. Peterson discussed reading the book on his podcast, praising Crenshaw's insights into Navy SEAL mindset and national resilience in an age of outrage. During their joint interview, Crenshaw analyzed his own political controversies, including a specific chapter addressing the right sense of shame and his experiences with Saturday Night Live. He explained how he dissects media narratives and attempts to find productive middle ground while maintaining firm conservative principles. Crenshaw argued throughout the discussion that sophisticated thinkers can successfully integrate conservative ideology into broader cultural and political views. The book serves as a focal point for exploring how modern political figures navigate public scrutiny, personal adversity, and the psychological demands of leadership in contemporary American discourse.
Who recommended it
- Dan Crenshaw Discussed
- Dave Rubin Recommended
- Jordan B. Peterson Discussed
Dan Crenshaw — 4 mentions
“Now, the way I analyze this, and the way I analyze it in my book, is it was pretty obvious that he was trying to take a dig at conservatives, right?”
“And I talk about this in my, I have a whole chapter about the right sense of shame, and this is the only time I bring up the Saturday Night Live thing in the book.”
“And people, and there's good examples that I bring up in the book of that good middle ground too.”
“I think it's possible to wrap conservative ideology into most of our views, and it takes, I think, a sophisticated thinker to go through that.”
Dave Rubin — 2 mentions
“- It's one of the reasons actually that I'm kinda hopeful for the future when we get outta this, that some of the right ideas, that I think you're writing about in this book, will break forth.”
“- The book is "Fortitude", we're gonna link to it right down below.”
Jordan B. Peterson — 1 mention
“i thought that would be really interesting but over the last few days i've also read his book new book fortitude something dan knows something about by the way fortitude american resilience in the age of outrage”
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“like chapter eight of my book fortitude american resilience in the area of outrage i'm not like plugging it or anything”
“yeah i think we did much better than that simply because it's not a political book and it's not even a seal book it's a little mix of all of those things but mostly it's a uh like you mentioned earlier it's an ethics book it's a it's an empowerment book”
“- I'm Dave Rubin and this is The Rubin Report. Reminder, guys, you can get all of our episodes days early and totally ad-free at rubinreport.com. And joining me today is a former Navy SEAL. The congressman from Texas' second district and author of "Fortitude: American Resilience in the Era of Outrage", Congressman Dan Crenshaw.”
“- Like many businesses are. This isn't something that made me angry, especially since I just wrote a whole book about (laughs) not engaging in outrage and having some perspective, and looking a few layers deep into why something happened as a method to sort of temper your own emotions.”