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Keeping Faith with Our Values in a Dangerous World
Perseus Books Group
May 2007
On Sale: May 14, 2007
250 pages ISBN: 0465078087 EAN: 9780465078080 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Political
A leading voice in global affairs calls us back to America's
founding principles--and shows how they can guide us forward
into the twenty-first century. When Army Captain Ian Fishback decided to blow the whistle
on prisoner abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan, he posed the
central question facing America in the new century: "Will we confront danger in order to preserve our ideals, or
will courage and commitment to individual rights wither at
the prospect of sacrifice?... I would rather die fighting
than give up even the smallest part of the idea that is
'America.'" But what is this idea? George W. Bush waged war in Iraq in
the name of American values--liberty and democracy. His
critics in the United States and around the world also use
the language of values, and attack him for deceiving a
nation to wage an unjust war. What are the values that
America truly stands for? In The Idea That Is America, a preeminent foreign policy
scholar eloquently reminds us of the essential principles on
which our nation was established: liberty, democracy,
equality, tolerance, faith, justice, and humility. Our
ongoing struggle to live up to America's great promise
matters not only to us, but also to the billions of men and
women everywhere who look to the United States to lead,
protect, and inspire the world. In The Idea That Is America,
Anne-Marie Slaughter shows us the way forward.
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