America The Lost
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How America Lost Its Mind
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Author : Thomas E. Patterson
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2019-10-03
How America Lost Its Mind written by Thomas E. Patterson and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-03 with Political Science categories.
Americans are losing touch with reality. On virtually every issue, from climate change to immigration, tens of millions of Americans have opinions and beliefs wildly at odds with fact, rendering them unable to think sensibly about politics. In How America Lost Its Mind, Thomas E. Patterson explains the rise of a world of “alternative facts” and the slow-motion cultural and political calamity unfolding around us. We don’t have to search far for the forces that are misleading us and tearing us apart: politicians for whom division is a strategy; talk show hosts who have made an industry of outrage; news outlets that wield conflict as a marketing tool; and partisan organizations and foreign agents who spew disinformation to advance a cause, make a buck, or simply amuse themselves. The consequences are severe. How America Lost Its Mind maps a political landscape convulsed with distrust, gridlock, brinksmanship, petty feuding, and deceptive messaging. As dire as this picture is, and as unlikely as immediate relief might be, Patterson sees a way forward and underscores its urgency. A call to action, his book encourages us to wrest institutional power from ideologues and disruptors and entrust it to sensible citizens and leaders, to restore our commitment to mutual tolerance and restraint, to cleanse the Internet of fake news and disinformation, and to demand a steady supply of trustworthy and relevant information from our news sources. As philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote decades ago, the rise of demagogues is abetted by “people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.” In How America Lost Its Mind, Thomas E. Patterson makes a passionate case for fully and fiercely engaging on the side of truth and mutual respect in our present arms race between fact and fake, unity and division, civility and incivility.
America Lost Found
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Author : Anthony Bailey
language : en
Publisher: New York : Random House
Release Date : 1980
America Lost Found written by Anthony Bailey and has been published by New York : Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 1940 seven-year-old Tony Bailey was evacuated to the United States; one of more than 16,000 children sent overseas at a time when a Nazi invasion of England seemed inevitable. He spent four years with the wealthy Spaeth family in Dayton, Ohio, before returning to his parents in Southampton. Evocative, heartfelt, and charming, this is a story of a double childhood, of a boy who became American while never ceasing to be British.
Why America Lost The War On Poverty And How To Win It
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Author : Frank Stricker
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2011-02-01
Why America Lost The War On Poverty And How To Win It written by Frank Stricker and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-01 with History categories.
In a provocative assessment of American poverty and policy from 1950 to the present, Frank Stricker examines an era that has seen serious discussion about the causes of poverty and unemployment. Analyzing the War on Poverty, theories of the culture of poverty and the underclass, the effects of Reaganomics, and the 1996 welfare reform, Stricker demonstrates that most antipoverty approaches are futile without the presence (or creation) of good jobs. Stricker notes that since the 1970s, U.S. poverty levels have remained at or above 11%, despite training programs and periods of economic growth. The creation of jobs has continued to lag behind the need for them. Stricker argues that a serious public debate is needed about the job situation; social programs must be redesigned, a national health care program must be developed, and economic inequality must be addressed. He urges all sides to be honest--if we don't want to eliminate poverty, then we should say so. But if we do want to reduce poverty significantly, he says, we must expand decent jobs and government income programs, redirecting national resources away from the rich and toward those with low incomes. Why America Lost the War on Poverty--And How to Win It is sure to prompt much-needed debate on how to move forward.
How America Lost Its Secrets
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Author : Edward Jay Epstein
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2017-01-17
How America Lost Its Secrets written by Edward Jay Epstein and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-17 with Political Science categories.
A groundbreaking exposé that convincingly challenges the popular image of Edward Snowden as hacker turned avenging angel, while revealing how vulnerable our national security systems have become--as exciting as any political thriller, and far more important. After details of American government surveillance were published in 2013, Edward Snowden, formerly a subcontracted IT analyst for the NSA, became the center of an international controversy: Was he a hero, traitor, whistle-blower, spy? Was his theft legitimized by the nature of the information he exposed? When is it necessary for governmental transparency to give way to subterfuge? Edward Jay Epstein brings a lifetime of journalistic and investigative acumen to bear on these and other questions, delving into both how our secrets were taken and the man who took them. He makes clear that by outsourcing parts of our security apparatus, the government has made classified information far more vulnerable; how Snowden sought employment precisely where he could most easily gain access to the most sensitive classified material; and how, though he claims to have acted to serve his country, Snowden is treated as a prized intelligence asset in Moscow, his new home.
How America Lost Iraq
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Author : Aaron Glantz
language : en
Publisher: Tarcher
Release Date : 2006
How America Lost Iraq written by Aaron Glantz and has been published by Tarcher this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A reporter in Iraq shows how the U.S. squandered its early victories and goodwill among the Iraqi public and allowed the newly freed society to descend into violence and chaos. Here is a brutally honest account of a reporter who discovered how popular the U.S. presence was in Iraq-and who watched this change as the Bush administration mishandled the war, leaving us with the intractable conflict we face today.
The Men Who Lost America
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Author : Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2013-06-11
The Men Who Lost America written by Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-11 with History categories.
Questioning popular belief, a historian and re-examines what exactly led to the British Empire’s loss of the American Revolution. The loss of America was an unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war, historian Andrew O’Shaughnessy dispels the incompetence myth and uncovers the real reasons that rebellious colonials were able to achieve their surprising victory. In interlinked biographical chapters, the author follows the course of the war from the perspectives of King George III, Prime Minister Lord North, military leaders including General Burgoyne, the Earl of Sandwich, and others who, for the most part, led ably and even brilliantly. Victories were frequent, and in fact the British conquered every American city at some stage of the Revolutionary War. Yet roiling political complexities at home, combined with the fervency of the fighting Americans, proved fatal to the British war effort. The book concludes with a penetrating assessment of the years after Yorktown, when the British achieved victories against the French and Spanish, thereby keeping intact what remained of the British Empire. “A remarkable book about an important but curiously underappreciated subject: the British side of the American Revolution. With meticulous scholarship and an eloquent writing style, O'Shaughnessy gives us a fresh and compelling view of a critical aspect of the struggle that changed the world.”—Jon Meacham, author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
The America We Lost
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Author : Brenda Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Signet
Release Date : 1969-05-01
The America We Lost written by Brenda Jackson and has been published by Signet this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969-05-01 with categories.
America Lost What We Learned By Living In Mexico
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Author : Al Feinstein
language : en
Publisher: PublishAmerica
Release Date : 2010-04-09
America Lost What We Learned By Living In Mexico written by Al Feinstein and has been published by PublishAmerica this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-09 with Political Science categories.
This book is apoliticalCpolitical parties are specifically ignored. This is about patriotism involving current affairs and its relationship to our history and the Founding Fathers. America=s historic designation as AThe World=s Melting Pot@ is being eroded. Due to bilingual requirements and required designation of what type of American one might be, we are more of a ASalad Bowl.@ The Melting Pot implies the melding of ingredients; the Salad Bowl implies separate ingredients lying side by side. America has the best governmental system ever devised. America is the most free place in the world. To illustrate this conclusion, one story is about Astronaut Colonel James B. Irwin. Due to his notoriety, he had the privilege of talking to kings, queens, dictators, emperors, princes, sheiks, presidents, and prime ministers about his walk on the moon. He always made the same statementCAThere is no place like America.@
America Lost
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Author : Ellis E. Severance
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-10
America Lost written by Ellis E. Severance and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10 with categories.
An American citizen would have to be brain dead and living in a cave not to recognize and acknowledge that America is divided. This is the story of two men, their diverse values and life views that symbolize a divided America and its fractured values. Their lives explain how a once great nation has become lost. Will America find its way once again or is America Lost forever?
How America Was Lost
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Author : Paul Craig Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Atwell Publishing
Release Date : 2014-03-01
How America Was Lost written by Paul Craig Roberts and has been published by Atwell Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-01 with History categories.
Even as the view of America as a rogue state consolidates abroad, Americans appear largely bystanders at the spectacle of their government running amok. People forget the myriad instances of their government's flouting of the Constitution and international legal norms-- if ever they were aware of them in the first place--accepting to live in the increasingly pernicious "new normal" with little protest. This remarkable anthology of columns documents and reminds us of the extraordinary developments that, in their accumulation, have led to the destruction of accountable and moral government in the US. Few American commentators have cut more clearly through the deepening deceit, hypocrisy and outright criminality that has infested official Washington since 9/11 than Paul Craig Roberts. His scathing critique sheds much-needed light on the country's impending nightmare--economic collapse, internal repression, ongoing wars, and rising rejection by friends and foes alike. How America Was Lost marks Roberts as one of the most prescient and courageous moral commentators in America today.