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Return to Greatness : How America Lost Its Sense of Purpose and What It Needs to Do to Recover It /

Has America, in its quest for goodness, sacrificed its sense of greatness? In this sharp-witted, historically informed book, veteran political observer Alan Wolfe argues that most Americans show greater concern with saving the country's soul than with making the nation great. Wolfe castigates b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wolfe, Alan, 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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