American Struggle
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In a polarized era, history can become a subject of political
contention. Many have seen America as perfect, many others argue
that the national experiment is fundamentally flawed. The truth,
Meacham shows, likely lies in between these extremes. America has
had shining hours, and also dark ones.In American Struggle, Jon
Meacham looks to the nation's complicated past for lessons on the
way forward. This rich and diverse collection covers a wide
spectrum of history, from 1619 to the present, with primary-source
documents that spotlight in their own words those who sought unity
or division, and with Meacham's commentary throughout—from the
founders to Lincoln, to leaders in the South, to leaders during the
World Wars, to figures in the modern era such as Martin Luther
King, Jr., JFK, LBJ, Shirley Chisolm, Walter Cronkite, Ronald
Reagan, Barack Obama, and many more. As clashes over liberty and
slavery, inclusion and exclusion play out, these voices,
brilliantly framed by Meacham's singular commentary, remind us that
contentious citizenship and fair-minded observations are essential
to bringing about the more perfect union envisioned in the preamble
to the Constitution, which Frederick Douglass called a ",glorious
liberty document",.Conflict is nothing new in American life,
rather, as Meacham and these texts show, these arguments are built
into the nation's character. To know what has come before, to watch
as long-running disputes rise and fall, is to be armed against
despair.
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Random House USA Inc ,
Jon Meacham
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Random House USA Inc,
Jon Meacham
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