The Free American!
Title | The Free American! PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Conservatism |
ISBN |
Free Enterprise
Title | Free Enterprise PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence B. Glickman |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 355 |
Release | 2019-08-20 |
Genre | Economic policy |
ISBN | 0300238258 |
An incisive look at the intellectual and cultural history of free enterprise and its influence on American politics Throughout the twentieth century, "free enterprise" has been a contested keyword in American politics, and the cornerstone of a conservative philosophy that seeks to limit government involvement into economic matters. Lawrence B. Glickman shows how the idea first gained traction in American discourse and was championed by opponents of the New Deal. Those politicians, believing free enterprise to be a fundamental American value, held it up as an antidote to a liberalism that they maintained would lead toward totalitarian statism. Tracing the use of the concept of free enterprise, Glickman shows how it has both constrained and transformed political dialogue. He presents a fascinating look into the complex history, and marketing, of an idea that forms the linchpin of the contemporary opposition to government regulation, taxation, and programs such as Medicare.
Why America is Free
Title | Why America is Free PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Earl Hamburger |
Publisher | University of Virginia Press |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 1998-01-01 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN | 9780931917295 |
A Free People's Suicide
Title | A Free People's Suicide PDF eBook |
Author | Os Guinness |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2012-06-11 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830866825 |
Cultural observer Os Guinness argues that the American experiment in freedom is at risk. Guinness calls us to cultivate the essential civic character needed for ordered liberty and sustainable freedom. True freedom requires virtue, which in turn requires faith. Only within the framework of what is true, right and good can freedom be found.
To Lead the Free World
Title | To Lead the Free World PDF eBook |
Author | John Fousek |
Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2003-06-20 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0807860670 |
In this cultural history of the origins of the Cold War, John Fousek argues boldly that American nationalism provided the ideological glue for the broad public consensus that supported U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War era. From the late 1940s through the late 1980s, the United States waged cold war against the Soviet Union not primarily in the name of capitalism or Western civilization--neither of which would have united the American people behind the cause--but in the name of America. Through close readings of sources that range from presidential speeches and popular magazines to labor union debates and the African American press, Fousek shows how traditional nationalist ideas about national greatness, providential mission, and manifest destiny influenced postwar public culture and shaped U.S. foreign policy discourse during the crucial period from the end of World War II to the beginning of the Korean War. Ultimately, he says, in the atmosphere created by apparently unceasing international crises, Americans rallied around the flag, eventually coming to equate national loyalty with global anticommunism and an interventionist foreign policy.
The Free Sea
Title | The Free Sea PDF eBook |
Author | James Kraska |
Publisher | Naval Institute Press |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 2018-06-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1682471179 |
The Free Sea offers a unique, single-volume analysis of incidents in American history that affected U.S. freedom of navigation at sea. The book spans more than 200 years, beginning in the Colonial era with the Quasi-War with France in 1798 and extending to contemporary Freedom of Navigation operations in the South China Sea. Through wars and numerous crises with North Korea, North Vietnam, Cambodia, Iran, Russia and China, freedom of navigation has been a persistent challenge for the United States, a nation reliant on open seas for economic prosperity, military security and global order. This volume focuses on the struggle to retain freedom of the seas. Challenges to U.S. warships and maritime commerce have pushed, and continue to challenge, the United States to vindicate its rights through diplomatic, legal, and military means, underscoring the need for the strategic resolve in the global maritime commons.
Reflections on the Loss of the Free-born American Nation
Title | Reflections on the Loss of the Free-born American Nation PDF eBook |
Author | H. L. Dowless |
Publisher | Algora Publishing |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1628942096 |
This book chronicles the historical debate over whether to have a US central bank, the rise of currency manipulation in the United States, and sources of the US Civil War. The author documents the rise of a corrupt collusion between a large corporate elite (the American aristocracy), the centralized bank, and their inside-government representative base. Those who opposed them by demanding checks on the issuance of currency, so that currency value could not be manipulated to favor the elitist few, were eliminated. Over 600,000 US citizens were killed and the cartel won out. While the original intent of this powerful elite -- to totally dominate the private resource base and enslave the plebeian American citizen -- has yet to be fulfilled, hints lie all around that the time for its fulfillment may actually be close at hand.