Rebound

Kim R. Holmes

doi:10.5771/9781442223813

Summary

There is a huge concern in America today that the country is in decline, one of the few sentiments that – nationally – our increasingly polarized political leaders can agree on. Americans fear that the economy and our culture itself are in deep crisis. They are also frustrated that the ruling classes are unable to fix America’s problems. Kim R. Holmes’ Rebound taps into these concerns, taking a fresh look at how America has moved away from the principles and practices that once made it the world’s greatest nation. Far from accepting America’s inevitable decline, as so many today do, Holmes argues that decline is a choice, not an inevitability or destiny. To restore our culture, revitalize our economy, and ensure we return to being the world’s number one power, America must reconnect with its historical DNA: the ingredients of its greatness. This book lays out the vision and roadmap for how America can bounce back, with examples from throughout our nation’s history that prove we’ve always been able to meet the challenges facing us, no matter how largely they may loom.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2013
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-2380-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-2381-3
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 252
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
1. 1. The Grounding No access
  2. Culture of Liberty No access
  3. The American Ethos No access
  4. The Gift of Limited Government No access
  5. Why Genius? No access
2. 1. The Art of Association No access
  2. An Economic Miracle No access
  3. A Government So Constituted No access
  4. Law No Passion Can Disturb No access
3. 1. Empire of Liberty No access
  2. A Force for Good No access
  3. Inheriting the Earth No access
  4. The Agonies of Cold War Liberalism No access
  5. The Journeys of Cold War Conservatism No access
  6. The Apogee No access
1. 1. The Paradox of Change No access
  2. The Transvaluation of Values No access
  3. The Rise of the Counterculture No access
  4. Triumph! No access
  5. Trouble in Paradise No access
2. 1. What Went Wrong No access
  2. The Crisis of Community No access
  3. A Dream No More? No access
  4. Falling Behind No access
  5. The Waning of Constitutional Government No access
3. 1. The Great Divide No access
  2. The New Liberal Internationalism No access
  3. The Return of the Repressed No access
  4. Obama’s Liberalism in Action No access
  5. Warnings of Decline No access
1. 1. Reclaiming Modernity, Freedom, and Reason No access
  2. Living with the Counterculture No access
  3. A Culture of Responsibility No access
  4. Race, Religion, and Reconciliation No access
  5. Right Conservatism No access
2. 1. Opportunity for All No access
  2. A Community of Trust No access
  3. Revive the American Economy No access
  4. A Government Working for the People No access
  5. Rebuild Constitutional Government No access
3. 1. Balancer, Friend, and Unrelenting Foe No access
  2. The Diplomacy of Tomorrow No access
  3. The Military We Need, No More, No Less No access
  4. A Global Economic Freedom Agenda No access
  5. A New Look No access
4. 10 Seize the Ball No access
Acknowledgments No access Pages 209 - 210
Notes No access Pages 211 - 224
Bibliography No access Pages 225 - 232
Index No access Pages 233 - 250
About the Author No access Pages 251 - 252