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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In the vertiginous era of Trump and Marine le Pen, liberalism's status is challenged. There is a widespread fear that liberal values, long taken for granted, are now in danger -- not only from authoritarian countries abroad, but also from a loss of faith inside the liberal world. What happened? Why did liberalism lose the majority support it once enjoyed? And what is so precious about liberalism in the first place? In What Was Liberalism?, award-winning...
2) Freedom
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A profound rumination on the concept of freedom from the New York Times bestselling author of Tribe"--
Throughout history, humans have been driven by the quest for two cherished ideals: community and freedom. The two don't coexist easily. We value individuality and self-reliance, yet are utterly dependent on community for our most basic needs. In this intricately crafted and thought-provoking book, Sebastian Junger examines the tension that lies...
3) American character: a history of the epic struggle between individual liberty and the common good
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Explores the ongoing debates throughout history between the fight for individual rights and the community as a whole, from discussions that took place at the Constitutional Convention, through the Civil War, all the way up to the modern Tea Party,"--NoveList.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Eric Metaxas offers a thrilling review of America's uniqueness, and a sobering reminder that America's greatness cannot continue unless people truly understand what their founding fathers meant for them to be. The book includes a stirring call-to-action for every American to understand the ideals behind the 'noble experiment in ordered liberty' that is America. It also paints a vivid picture of the tremendous fragility of that experiment and explains...
5) The hidden history of neoliberalism: how Reaganism gutted America and how to restore its greatness
Author
Series
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Progressive radio host Thom Hartmann reveals how and why neoliberalism became so prevalent in the United States and why it's time for us to turn our backs to it. While America is at a crossroads regarding its economic future, many of us don't fully understand how we got here. In this powerful and accessible book, Thom Hartmann demystifies neoliberalism and explains how we can use this pivotal point in time to create a more positive future. This book...
7) Cold War radio: the Russian broadcasts of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Author
Publisher
Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Cold War Radio is a concise look at the history of Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and their impact on the Soviet Union during the Cold War"--
Author
Publisher
New York, NY
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"As eighteenth-century historians have made the 'global turn,' portions of Atlantic history have received more attention than others. Studies of trade, empire, and state-building have proliferated, but the interconnected histories of resistance against that world's greatest concentrations of power remain disproportionally overlooked. This book aims to be the first to demonstrate the rich web of interrelations between the increasingly inclusive and...
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