American will
Subtitle: the forgotten choices that changed our republic
By: Bobby Jindal
Edition: First Threshold editions hardcover edition.
Publisher: Threshold Editions
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781501117077; 9781501117107; 9781501117091
Subjects: Politics and government; American National characteristics; Conservatism; Anecdotes; History
Description: The governor of Louisiana explores how fourteen different lessons from U.S. history have influenced and defined current affairs, including the Louisiana Purchase, the conflict between the Federalists and the anti-Federalists, and Reagan and Nixon's welfare fight.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: American will; title: Part I. American visionaries; title: Individual liberty: the Anti-Federalists and the fight for a Bill of Rights; title: Defending American sovereignty: Napoleon, Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase; title: Boom: the first energy revolution and the rise of the American entrepreneur; title: Part II. America off-course; title: Preemptive surrender: Joe Kennedy and the perils of appeasement; title: In defense of Federalism: Ronald Reagan and the fight against Richard Nixon's welfare state; title: From Hillarycare to Obamacare: the left's quest for socialized medicine; title: Part III. Division and indecision; title: A party divided: the great Republican crack-up of 1912; title: The Truman afterthought: how indecision and recklessness almost lost the Cold War; title: Part IV. Questions of faith; title: Great awakenings: abolition and the hidden hand of God; title: Religion and the schools: how religious bigotry has punished American students; title: Conclusion: 2016: another turning point.