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1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 28 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by David Slavin. |
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Once upon a time, liberals knew what they believed. They believed America must lead the world by persuasion, not command. And they believed that by championing freedom overseas, America itself could become more free. That liberal spirit won America's trust at the dawn of the Cold War. Then it collapsed in the wake of Vietnam. Now, after 9/11, and the failed presidency of George W. Bush, America needs it back. In this powerful and provocative book, Peter Beinart offers a new liberal vision, based on principles liberals too often forget: That America's goodness cannot simply be asserted; it must be proved. That American leadership is not American empire. And that liberalism cannot merely define itself against the right, but must oppose the totalitarianism that blighted Europe a half century ago, and which stalks the Islamic world today. With liberals severed from their own history, conservatives have drawn on theirs -- the principles of national chauvinism and moral complacency that America once rejected. The country will reject them again, and embrace the creed that brought it greatness before. But only if liberals remember what that means. It means an unyielding hostility to totalitarianism -- and a recognition that defeating it requires bringing hope to the bleakest corners of the globe. And it means understanding that democracy begins at home. Peter Beinart's The Good Fight is a passionate rejoinder to the conservatives who have ruled Washington since 9/11. It is an intellectual lifeline for a Democratic Party lying flat on its back. And it is a call for liberals to revive the spirit that swept America, and inspired the world. Read by David Slavin |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
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Liberalism -- United States.
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Progressivism (United States politics)
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Liberalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
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Slavin, David.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9780061205743 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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0061205745 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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MWT11589575 |
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