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What It Is And Why We Need It Now
Collins
October 2008
On Sale: October 1, 2008
208 pages
ISBN: 0061735825
EAN: 9780061735820
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
In this long season of searing political attacks and
angry partisan passions, Peggy Noonan's Wall Street
Journal column has been must reading for thoughtful
liberals and conservatives alike. Now she issues an
urgent, heartfelt call for all Americans to see each other
anew, realize what time it is, and come together to support
the next President—whoever he is. Because it is not the
threats and challenges we face, but how we face them that
defines us as a nation. The terrible events of 9/11
brought us together in a way not seen since World War II.
But the stresses and divisions of the Bush years have driven
us apart to a point that is unhealthy and destructive.
Today, Noonan argues, the national mood is for a change
in our politics and it is well past time for politicians to
catch up. Americans are tired of the old partisan divisions
and the campaign tricks that seek to widen and exploit them.
We long for leaders who can summon us to greatness and
unity, as they did in the long struggles against fascism and
communism. In this timely little book, written in the
pamphleteering tradition of Tom Paine's Common Sense,
Noonan reminds us that we must face our common challenges
together—not by rising above partisanship, but by
reaffirming what it means to be American.
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