Patriotism, Democracy, and Common Sense: Restoring America's Promise at Home and Abroad

By Kevin Phillips

Book Overview

Why have American policies failed? What alternative policies can return America to its promise, internally and in the eyes of a global community? This book answers these questions in a preposterous way. It asks citizens and policy makers to actually connect the dots--to move America forward by developing mutually supportive and complementary foreign, national security, Middle East, economic, domestic, inner city, media, campaign finance, and voting reform policies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742542165
• ISBN13: 9780742542167
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Finally a comprehensive policy prescription for our nation

An excellent compendium of leading thinkers on the ills that plague us. Not only do they accurately point out the flawed policies that have gotten us into the mess we are in right now, they give us solutions that work. A must read for anyone who cares about the future of this country.

We Have Utterly Failed To Understand The Rest Of The World

We are making all the wrong decisions. It is our democracy. We have to take it back. The sound-byte political debates offer slogans and marginalize comprehensive thinking. It is a very dangerous time. America is being aggressive to "spred" democracy around the world with our out-of-control materialism. It can't work. One can't spred democracy with military violence and nonsensical materialism. Does the rest of the world really need 25 brands of toothpaste, but without adequate affordable dental care as we have in the United States?