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The fight is for democracy : winning the war of ideas in America and the world / edited and with an introduction by George Packer.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--United States.
- Democracy.
- United States.
- National characteristics, American.
- Anti-Americanism.
- United States--Foreign public opinion.
- Physical Description:
- 293 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Perennial, [2003]
- Summary:
- A riveting and provocative collection of original essays by some of the best political minds in America, this anthology will fill the void in public discussion of America's political values. First printing 50,000.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Living Up to It / George Packer 1
- Between Cheney and Chomsky: Making a Domestic Case for a New Liberal Foreign Policy / Michael Tomasky 21
- The Giant in the House / Laura Secor 49
- Ideas of Transcendence / Vijay Seshadri 79
- Varieties of Patriotic Experience / Todd Gitlin 105
- Arab Demons, Arab Dreams: 1967-2003 / Kanan Makiya 139
- The Treason of the Intellectuals (Again) / Susie Linfield 165
- Globalization Meets Pachamama / William Finnegan 189
- Inequality and Democracy / Jeff Madrick 241
- Thirteen Observations on a Very Unlucky Predicament / Paul Berman 265.
- ISBN:
- 0060532491
- OCLC:
- 51800024
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