Author: Association for the Advancement of Knowledge and Culture (Pretoria)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : af
Pages : 96
Book Description
Spotlight on the USA
Author: Randee FalkPublisher:
ISBN: 9783464100493
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Spotlight on the USA
Author: Association for the Advancement of Knowledge and Culture (Pretoria)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : af
Pages : 96
Book Description
Spotlight on the USA
Author: Randee FalkSpotlight on America: The Lewis & Clark Expedition and the Louisiana Purchase
Author: Robert SmithPublisher: Teacher Created Resources
ISBN: 0743932331
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Encourage students to take an in-depth view of the people and events of specific eras of American history. Nonfiction reading comprehension is emphasized along with research, writing, critical thinking, working with maps, and more. Most titles include a Readers Theater.
Spotlight on America
Author: John AshberyWhat Every American Should Know About Who's Really Running America
Author: Melissa RossiPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440621039
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A guide to the politicos, money men, lobbyists, and deal makers who really run America What foreign country has the power to send America crashing into a recession? Why is the USA still dangerously dependent on oil, when viable energy alternatives have existed for decades? Who made the call that we should return to nuclear energy—and then took a high-paying position with a nuclear company? Which youth group was a spawning ground for many contemporary power mongers? What lobbyists and special-interest groups are running the show on Capitol Hill—and exactly what tools of persuasion are they using? Melissa Rossi answers these questions and more in this timely and topical guide to who’s pulling the strings behind the scenes of American politics. This latest edition of Rossi’s popular What Every American Should Know. . . series puts the spotlight on our own backyard, covering topics like: • Which groups ensure that Americans pay more for drugs than any other nation • How our immigration laws are damaging the U.S. economy • Who’s telling the school boards what your child will learn • Who really benefits from U.S. foreign policy • How corporations and government agencies are spying on us • Why we should avoid electronic voting • Who killed the electric car and who exposed it Organized by topic for easy reference, What Every American Should Know About Who’s Really Running America shows Americans what is going on behind the scenes and how they can counterbalance the influence of a small, powerful elite to put the power back where it should be—in the hands of the people.
Commercial News USA
Author: Spotlight on the United States
Author: Karl Wilhelm MachoAmerica Right or Wrong : An Anatomy of American Nationalism
Author: Anatol Lieven Senior Associate for Foreign and Security Policy Carnegie Endowment for International PeacePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198037678
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
"America keeps a fine house," Anatol Lieven writes, "but in its cellar there lives a demon, whose name is nationalism." In this controversial critique of America's role in the world, Lieven contends that U.S. foreign policy since 9/11 has been shaped by the special character of our national identity, which embraces two contradictory features. One, "The American Creed," is a civic nationalism which espouses liberty, democracy, and the rule of law. It is our greatest legacy to the world. But our almost religious belief in the "Creed" creates a tendency toward a dangerously "messianic" element in American nationalism, the desire to extend American values and American democracy to the whole world, irrespective of the needs and desires of others. The other feature, populist (or what is sometimes called "Jacksonian") nationalism, has its roots in an aggrieved, embittered, and defensive White America, centered largely in the American South. Where the "Creed" is optimistic and triumphalist, Jacksonian nationalism is fed by a profound pessimism and a sense of personal, social, religious, and sectional defeat. Lieven examines how these two antithetical impulses have played out in recent US policy, especially in the Middle East and in the nature of U.S. support for Israel. He suggests that in this region, the uneasy combination of policies based on two contradictory traditions have gravely undermined U.S. credibility and complicated the war against terrorism. It has never been more vital that Americans understand our national character. This hard-hitting critique directs a spotlight on the American political soul and on the curious mixture of chauvinism and idealism that has driven the Bush administration.
25 Years of USA Today
Author: USA TodayPublisher: Spotlight Press
ISBN: 9781596702875
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Take a look back at the role USA Today has played in keeping America informed over the last 25 years, with this collection of stories, articles, sports, and more.