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Also by Anne-Marie Slaughter:

Unfinished Business, October 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
The Idea that Is America, May 2007
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The Idea that Is America
Anne-Marie Slaughter

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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