MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2015021945
003 DLC
005 20151119082917.0
008 150903s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015021945
020 $a9781501117077 (alk. paper)
020 $z9781501117107 (ebook : alk. paper)
020 $a9781501117091 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aE169.1$b.J55 2015
082 00 $a973$223
100 1 $aJindal, Bobby,$d1971-$eauthor.
245 10 $aAmerican will :$bthe forgotten choices that changed our republic /$cBobby Jindal.
250 $aFirst Threshold Editions hardcover edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bThreshold Editions,$c2015.
300 $aviii, 312 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: American will -- Part I. American visionaries -- Individual liberty: the Anti-Federalists and the fight for a Bill of Rights -- Defending American sovereignty: Napoleon, Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase -- Boom: the first energy revolution and the rise of the American entrepreneur -- Part II. America off-course -- Preemptive surrender: Joe Kennedy and the perils of appeasement -- In defense of Federalism: Ronald Reagan and the fight against Richard Nixon's welfare state -- From Hillarycare to Obamacare: the left's quest for socialized medicine -- Part III. Division and indecision -- A party divided: the great Republican crack-up of 1912 -- The Truman afterthought: how indecision and recklessness almost lost the Cold War -- Part IV. Questions of faith -- Great awakenings: abolition and the hidden hand of God -- Religion and the schools: how religious bigotry has punished American students -- Conclusion: 2016: another turning point.
650 0 $aNational characteristics, American.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$vAnecdotes.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$vAnecdotes.
650 0 $aConservatism$zUnited States$xHistory$vAnecdotes.