The Four Freedoms under Siege - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Four Freedoms under Siege write by Marcus Raskin. This book was released on 2006-11-30. The Four Freedoms under Siege available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The authors address the hard questions of individual freedom versus national security that are on the minds of Americans of all political stripes. They bring together the pivotal events, leaders, policies, and fateful decisions—often path-breaking, more often ending in folly—that have subverted our constitutional government from its founding. You reach the inescapable conclusion, the authors write, that the United States is a warrior nation, has been addicted to war from the start, and is able to sustain its warfare habit only by mugging American taxpayers, and believing in its mission as God's chosen. FDR's Four Freedoms—Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear—were presented to the American people in his 1941 State of the Union address, and they became the inspiration for a second bill of rights, extending the New Deal and guaranteeing work, housing, medical care, and education. Although the bill never was adopted in a legal sense in this country, its principles pervaded the political landscape for an entire generation, including the War on Poverty and the Great Society reforms of the 1960s. Furthermore, the ideas expressed in the Four Freedoms speech inspired the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But since the late 1970s and early 1980s, these freedoms have been under assault, from presidential administrations of both parties, economic pressures, and finally, the alleged requirements of national security. After 9/11, this process accelerated even more rapidly.
Freedom Under Siege
Freedom Under Siege - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Freedom Under Siege write by Madalyn Murray O'Hair. This book was released on 1974. Freedom Under Siege available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Fight for the Four Freedoms
The Fight for the Four Freedoms - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Fight for the Four Freedoms write by Harvey J. Kaye. This book was released on 2014-04-08. The Fight for the Four Freedoms available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An inspiring call to redeem the progressive legacy of the greatest generation, now under threat as never before. On January 6, 1941, the Greatest Generation gave voice to its founding principles, the Four Freedoms: Freedom from want and from fear. Freedom of speech and religion. In the name of the Four Freedoms they fought the Great Depression. In the name of the Four Freedoms they defeated the Axis powers. In the process they made the United States the richest and most powerful country on Earth. And, despite a powerful, reactionary opposition, the men and women of the Greatest Generation made America freer, more equal, and more democratic than ever before. Now, when all they fought for is under siege, we need to remember their full achievement, and, so armed, take up again the fight for the Four Freedoms.
Freedom Under Siege
Freedom Under Siege - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Freedom Under Siege write by Ron Paul. This book was released on 1987. Freedom Under Siege available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Test of Our Times
The Test of Our Times - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Test of Our Times write by Tom Ridge. This book was released on 2009-08-12. The Test of Our Times available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the harrowing days after September 11, 2001, the President of the United States reached out to one man to help guide the nation in its quest to shore up domestic security. In this candid and compelling memoir, Tom Ridge describes the whirlwind series of events that took him from the state capital of Pennsylvania, into the fray of Washington, D.C., and onto the world stage as a new leader in the fight against international terrorism. A Washington outsider, Ridge went above and beyond in his new post, identifying the need to integrate response teams on a wide-reaching scale and leading the nation's ambitious initiative of establishing a new Cabinet department, the Department of Homeland Security. The author recounts how the new department's unsung heroes, brought together under great duress, succeeded against difficult odds and navigated the politics of terrorism. Perhaps most importantly, Ridge offers a prescriptive look to the future with provocative ideas such as a national ID card and the use of biometrics to track not just who enters the United States but also how long they are here. Tom Ridge simply tells it like it is, offering a refreshingly honest assessment of the state of homeland security today—and what it needs to be tomorrow.
