What's so great about America
"With What's So Great About America, Dinesh D'Souza is not asking a question, but making a statement. Dinesh D'Souza former White House policy analyst and bestselling author argues that in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, American ideals and patriotism should not be things we shy away from. Provocative, challenging, and personal D'Souza's book offers the grounds for a solid, well-considered pride in the Western pillars of "science, democracy and capitalism," while deconstructing arguments f…
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- Full title :What's so great about America / Dinesh D'Souza.
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"With What's So Great About America, Dinesh D'Souza is not asking a question, but making a statement. Dinesh D'Souza former White House policy analyst and bestselling author argues that in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, American ideals and patriotism should not be things we shy away from. Provocative, challenging, and personal D'Souza's book offers the grounds for a solid, well-considered pride in the Western pillars of "science, democracy and capitalism," while deconstructing arguments from both the political left and political right. As an "outsider" from India who has had amazing success in the United States, D'Souza defends not an idealized America, but America as it really is"--Page 4 of cover
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- Publication Date:2003, ©2002.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Penguin Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2003, ©2002.
Notes
Previously published by Regnery, 2002.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiv, 218 pages ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0142003018, 9780142003015, 0895261537, 9780895261533
- oclc:ocm52605382
- LC Classification:E169.1
- Dewey Decimal:973
Table of Contents
A funeral oration : Pericles' dilemma and ours -- Why they hate us : America and its enemies -- Two cheers for colonialism : how the West prevailed -- Becoming America : why the American idea is unique -- The reparations fallacy : what African-Americans owe America -- When virtue loses all her loveliness : freedom and its abuses -- America the beautiful : what we are fighting for.
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