Come Home, America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country

( 3 )

All Available Formats + Editions

——

$10.52

NOOK Book

——

$10.52

Come Home, America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country (eBook) Pub. Date: 2/2/2010 Publisher: Rodale
$0.01

$17.30

Hardcover

$0.01

$17.30

Come Home, America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country (First Edition) Pub. Date: 3/17/2009 Publisher: Rodale Press, Inc.

Customers Who Bought This Also Bought

Advertising

Overview

Perhaps no one is better equipped to analyze the current state of our democracy than legendary reporter William Greider. He has covered politics from the nation’s capital for four decades—for the Washington Post, Rolling Stone, and most recently The Nation—and has earned a reputation as one of our most incisive, uncompromising truth-tellers and social critics.

In his bestseller Who Will Tell the People, Greider opened the American public’s eyes to the hidden relationships that link politicians with corporations and the wealthy, often subverting the needs of ordinary citizens. Now, in his first book on our democracy in years, Greider examines the impact of current American policy, revealing how our obsession with remaining “Number One” in the world has caused us to stray from the democratic values and ideals upon which our country was founded.

By examining the economic and political forces that have brought us to where we are today—financial crisis, deepening indebtedness to other nations, the loss of productive assets and jobs, the militarization of U.S. foreign policy, and more—Greider offers, in a powerful and conversational tone, clarity on the consequences and long-term implications of our national predicament. He then offers optimism that our young country can put aside its adolescent impulses and grow up so that we can “come home” to what is really important—a return to our nation’s core values and the freedom to create a better, more fulfilling society.

Editorial Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

The Nation's national affairs correspondent diagnoses America's perilous state and calls for a rebirth of participatory democracy..After nearly 40 years as a reporter and author of several books, Greider (The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy, 2003, etc.) has earned his reputation as a serious, thoughtful, albeit "uncredentialed" critic of our democracy. He has consistently warned about America's trade deficits and national debt, our crumbling infrastructure and inadequate health-care system and a greedy and gluttonous capitalism unconcerned with equity and security. He has inveighed against a costly, overreaching militarism, environmental depredations and, most of all, against a deformed democracy where big business gives orders to governing elites hopelessly out of touch with the people they pretend to serve. It's a left-leaning critique, closely approximated by the soundly rejected political campaigns of Jesse Jackson, Dennis Kucinich, John Edwards and Ralph Nader. Greider's moment, though, may have arrived. Given the current, gloomy circumstances, all neatly summarized here, it's more difficult than ever to argue with his analysis, and he's surely correct that "in crisis lies opportunity." There are, he warns, wrenching changes ahead, changes too important to be left to the same stewards who've created the current debacle. Greider hopes that the anxious and angry electorate will attempt an end run around our "betters" to seize control from the current concentrations of power. With the times propitious and unprecedented organizing tools (the Internet, especially) readily available, the people may finally be sufficiently aroused—in the manner of the late19th-century Populists and the early New Dealers—to demand accountability from a system that has failed them. If they do, historians may point to this book as one of the prairie fire's first sparks..Astute, hopeful and humane commentary..Agent: Lynn Nesbit/Janklow & Nesbit.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781594868160
Publisher: Rodale Press, Inc.
Publication date: 3/17/2009
Edition description: First Edition
Edition number: 1
Pages: 336
Sales rank: 1,239,660
Product dimensions: 9.38 (w) x 6.86 (h) x 1.13 (d)

Meet the Author

WILLIAM GREIDER is national affairs correspondent for The Nation and the best-selling author of five previous books, including One World, Ready or Not; Who Will Tell the People; and Secrets of the Temple.

Chapter 1 Fair Warning 1

Chapter 2 The Other America 10

Chapter 3 The Walls Closing In 15

Chapter 4 The "Winner's Complex" 25

Chapter 5 The Politics of "Hard Money" 37

Chapter 6 Blinded by Faith 62

Chapter 7 Second Thoughts 93

Chapter 8 The Next War 117

Chapter 9 Why Not Victory? 150

Chapter 10 The End of the Conservative Era 173

Chapter 11 America the Possible 197

Chapter 12 Machine Politics 219

Chapter 13 The Reckoning 248

Chapter 14 The Underground River 270

Endnotes 300

Acknowledgments 311

Index 313

Customer Reviews

Average Rating 5

( 3 )

Rating Distribution

5 Star

(3)

4 Star

(0)

3 Star

(0)

2 Star

(0)

1 Star

(0)

Your Rating:

Review Guidelines

Tell the world what you think of this product.

Add Recommendations

Your Name: Create a Pen Name or Leave Anonymously

Barnes & Noble.com Review Rules

Our reader reviews allow you to share your comments on titles you liked, or didn't, with others. By submitting an online review, you are representing to Barnes & Noble.com that all information contained in your review is original and accurate in all respects, and that the submission of such content by you and the posting of such content by Barnes & Noble.com does not and will not violate the rights of any third party. Please follow the rules below to help ensure that your review can be posted.

Reviews by Our Customers Under the Age of 13

We highly value and respect everyone's opinion concerning the titles we offer. However, we cannot allow persons under the age of 13 to have accounts at BN.com or to post customer reviews. Please see our Terms of Use for more details.

What to exclude from your review:

Please do not write about reviews, commentary, or information posted on the product page. If you see any errors in the information on the product page, please send us an email.

Reviews should not contain any of the following:

- HTML tags, profanity, obscenities, vulgarities, or comments that defame anyone
- Time-sensitive information such as tour dates, signings, lectures, etc.
- Single-word reviews. Other people will read your review to discover why you liked or didn't like the title. Be descriptive.
- Comments focusing on the author or that may ruin the ending for others
- Phone numbers, addresses, URLs
- Pricing and availability information or alternative ordering information
- Advertisements or commercial solicitation

Reminder:

- By submitting a review, you grant to Barnes & Noble.com and its sublicensees the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to use the review in accordance with the Barnes & Noble.com Terms of Use.
- Barnes & Noble.com reserves the right not to post any review -- particularly those that do not follow the terms and conditions of these Rules. Barnes & Noble.com also reserves the right to remove any review at any time without notice.
- See Terms of Use for other conditions and disclaimers.

Vietnam-1968

Posted April 16, 2009

Come Home, America

All Americans concerned about this country must read this book. It explains why we are struggling to keep our standand of living, and how it
was created over the past 20 years. He also explains we all must get involved to take back our country from special interests.
If you are a veteran you will want to read his thoughts, since he
also is one of us. He believes we as a group are the best equipped to lead
this charge. If you think of yourself as a patriot who cares about this country, this is a must read.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
Anonymous

Posted December 5, 2009

Well worth the purchase price and more

This author has done a great job of researching and tells it like it is.
Offers many solutions to the problems this country has and exposes many of the people that have caused those problems. It is hard to put down once you start reading.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

If you find inappropriate content, please report it to Barnes & Noble