America's Way Back: Reclaiming Freedom, Tradition, and Constitution
Autor Donald J. Devineen Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 iun 2013 – vârsta ani
How can America recover from economic stagnation, moral exhaustion, and looming bankruptcy? Donald J. Devine shows the way.
Devine, a longtime adviser to Ronald Reagan, lays out a powerful case for the philosophical synthesis of freedom and tradition that Reagan said was the essence of modern conservatism. The secret of America’s success, he shows, has been the Constitution’s capacity to harmonize the twin ideals of freedom and tradition. But today, progressivism has so corrupted modern political thinking—in both parties—that leaders keep calling for the same failed tactics: more money poured into more big-government programs.
In America’s Way Back, Devine not only reveals where things went wrong, and why, but also points the way to reclaiming America’s freedom, prosperity, and creativity. The solution lies in a new “fusion” of traditional and libertarian thought.
Devine debunks the common view that marrying the two is nothing more than political calculation. He shows that without a deep philosophical commitment to harmonizing freedom and tradition, neither of these ideals can long survive.
In making the case for twenty-first-century fusionism, America’s Way Back updates the insights of Frank Meyer, the theorist Reagan specifically credited with “fashioning a vigorous synthesis of traditional and libertarian thought.“ Devine shows that, just as the fusionism of Meyer and William F. Buckley Jr. led to the conservative revival in the 1960s, a new harmony between freedom and tradition will revive America today.
“Intellectual yet highly readable . . . Devine has plenty of such instructive analysis and anecdotes to bolster his points. . . . You will learn about concepts your university should have introduced to you, only now via Devine’s graceful writing, incisive analysis, instructive anecdotes, and a plan to restore America’s greatness.” —Human Events
“The timing is right for [Devine’s] new book America’s Way Back. It lays out the course for a conservative intellectual renewal, to renew the nation by renewing her best traditions. . . . Reagan had a heckuva lieutenant in Don Devine. It is good to see him now mentoring the next generation of conservative leaders.” —L. Brent Bozell III, syndicated columnist, president of the Media Research Center
“A tour-de-force critique . . . We need to listen to people like Devine who are calling us back to a simpler, less complicated system of governance that allows decisions to be made at the local and state levels. If we don’t listen, if we just doggedly insist that the solution is to re-order, reform and re-imagine our failed programs, then we’ll end up going the way of the Titanic.” —Floyd Brown, Capitol Hill Daily
“A brilliant analysis of the major factors that have contributed to our nation’s decline. A very timely effort on perhaps the most critical issue of our time.” —George W. Carey, professor of government, Georgetown University
“A marvelous book. Read America’s Way Back if you fear ignorance and celebrate righteous, moral, intellectual knowledge.” —Craig Shirley, author of Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781610170635
ISBN-10: 1610170636
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: ISI Books
Colecția Intercollegiate Studies Institute
ISBN-10: 1610170636
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: ISI Books
Colecția Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Recenzii
”Both enjoyable and compelling. Informed by the insights of James Madison, Adam Smith, and Alexis de Tocqueville—and William F. Buckley Jr., Frank Meyer, and Ronald Reagan—Devine shows how we can recover what we have lost. An intellectual journey to be savored.” —Mark Levin, nationally syndicated radio host
“I have long believed that the fusionist conservatism of Frank Meyer made for splendid politics (as in Ronald Reagan’s two presidential campaigns) but for poor and incoherent political philosophy. America’s Way Back forces me to reconsider. Devine argues persuasively that the synthesis of traditional Western values with individual human freedom has intellectual and moral integrity as the foundation for ordered liberty.” —Allan C. Carlson, president of the Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society
“Devine spells out the solution for the modern GOP—a fusion of the best of conservative ideas with those of the liberty movement, all rooted in the Constitution. This book provides plenty of intellectual ammunition for the modern conservative movement.” —Senator Rand Paul
“A philosophical, historical, and political tour de force. Must reading—an outstanding book that will be around for a long time to come.” —Lee Edwards, author of William F. Buckley Jr.: The Maker of a Movement
“At last someone has produced a worthy successor to Frank Meyer’s classic In Defense of Freedom.” —Edwin J. Feulner, the Heritage Foundation
“America’s Way Back follows on the work of my father, Frank Meyer, showing that libertarianism and traditionally oriented conservatism, while sometimes conflicting in specific policy areas, are complementary and vital as bulwarks of the West.” —Eugene B. Meyer, president of the Federalist Society
“Too many conservatives have forgotten that freedom and tradition, limited government and conservative morality, stand or fall together. Devine’s fine new book, a vigorous defense of fusionism, provides a much-needed reality check. If conservatives want to win again—and want to deserve to win again—they need to listen to Devine.” —Edward Feser, associate professor of philosophy, Pasadena City College
“A trenchant critique of the flaws and failures of statist progressivism—and a powerful case for a revived conservative alternative. Conservatives of all stripes—and progressives too—will benefit from a close reading of this discerning and very timely book.” —George H. Nash, author of The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America since 1945
Notă biografică
Donald J. Devine is a senior scholar at the Fund for American Studies and the author of seven other books. A longtime adviser to Ronald Reagan, he served as head of the federal civil service during Reagan’s first term, saving $6 billion in taxpayer money and reducing more than 100,000 nondefense bureaucratic slots. For nearly a quarter century he was a professor of government, politics, and Western civilization, teaching at the University of Maryland and Bellevue University. He and his wife, Ann, live in Shady Side, Maryland.