Return to greatness : how America lost its sense of purpose and what it needs to do to recover it / Alan Wolfe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolfe, Alan, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society--United States.

Civil society.

United States.

United States--Moral conditions.

Moral conditions.

United States--Foreign relations.

International relations.

Physical Description:

xi, 239 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2005]

Summary:

Has America, in its quest for goodness, sacrificed its sense of greatness? In this sharp-witted, historically informed book, a veteran political observer argues that most Americans show greater concern with saving the country's soul than with making the nation great.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-225) and index.

ISBN:

0691119333

OCLC:

56799231