"Is America still the world?s most celebrated and beloved superpower? Is this great nation poised for an amazing American century?or instead for a slow descent into mediocrity? In The American Boomerang, possibly one of the most important books of our time, philosopher and autho…
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Is America still the world's most celebrated and beloved superpower? Is this great nation poised for an amazing American century--or instead for a slow descent into mediocrity? In "The American Boomerang," possibly one of the most important books of our time, philosopher and aut…
A testament to the resilience of America and its citizens maintains that America, despite its setbacks, is still a world leader and calls for Americans to embrace the conservative principles upon which the nation was founded.
A unique and original reading of the American imaginary.
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This title is about the peculiar power and exceptional pull of the imaginary in American culture. Johannessen's subject here is the almost mystical American belief in the promise and potential of the individual.
Americans have long been protective of the country's sovereignty--beginning when George Washington retired as president with the admonition for his successors to avoid "permanent" alliances with foreign powers. Ever since, the nation has faced persistent, often heated debates ab…
Americans have long been protective of the country's sovereignty--beginning when George Washington retired as president with the admonition for his successors to avoid "permanent" alliances with foreign powers. Ever since, the nation has faced persistent, often heated debates ab…
Americans have long been protective of the country's sovereignty--beginning when George Washington retired as president with the admonition for his successors to avoid "permanent" alliances with foreign powers. Ever since, the nation has faced persistent, often heated debates ab…
"In this sweeping history of political ideas, Andrew F. Lang reappraises the Civil War era as a crisis of American exceptionalism. Through this lens, Lang shows how the intellectual, political, and social ramifications of the war and its meaning rippled through the decades that …