Come home, America
Subtitle: the rise and fall (and redeeming promise) of our country
By: William Greider
Publisher: Rodale
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Emmaus, Penn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781594868160; 9781605294759
Subjects: Economic policy; Social conditions; Conservatism; Citizen participation; History
Description: Asserts that America is straying from its democratic ideals and faltering in a rapidly globalized world community, and challenges policies that are based on a priority of making America "number one" in the world while examining the economic and politicalforces that have brought about contemporary problems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-310) and index.
Table of contents: title: Fair warning; title: The other America; title: The walls closing in; title: The "winner's" complex; title: The politics of "hard money"; title: Blinded by faith; title: Second thoughts; title: The next war; title: "Why not victory?"; title: The end of the conservative era; title: America the possible; title: Machine politics; title: The reckoning; title: The underground river.