What Makes America Great?

What Makes America Great?

Author: Lon Cantor

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2003-06

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0595279996

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Unlike dry history books, What Makes America Great? is written in a breezy, personal style. It makes history come alive with humanizing stories about the men and women who made America great. ·Chapter 1 provides objective proof of America's greatness, using a lot of statistics. ·Chapters 2 and 3 cover the early history of America and explain why we revolted. ·Chapter 4 explains our victory over England in the American Revolution, a tremendous upset. Few Americans know how the colonists achieved this astounding feat. ·Some modern "debunkers" like to say that our founding fathers acted out of selfishness rather than principle. Chapter 5 shows the idealism of our founders and details the sacrifices made by the signers of the Declaration of Independence. ·Our founding fathers were faced with the exciting but daunting task of creating an entirely new kind of country. Well-educated men, they based the United States on principles developed by the world's greatest philosophers. Chapter 6 starts with Moses and goes through Locke and Voltaire. Each philosopher's ideas are related to American ideals. ·The Declaration and the Constitution are the two greatest publications mankind has ever known. But they weren't created out of thin air. Chapter 7 discusses the precedents our forefathers studied before drafting these two great documents. ·In Chapter 8, each American war is discussed in the light of whether it was just or unjust. ·Chapter 9 covers the role of immigrants in shaping America. It shows the challenges, obstacles and contribution of each immigrant group. ·No country is perfect, not even America. Chapter 10 discusses the five areas in which America has done wrong: Indians, slaves, women, prejudice, and education. ·Chapter 11 is a glimpse into the future of America.


Make America Great Again: Myths, Lies, and Facts

Make America Great Again: Myths, Lies, and Facts

Author: Leon Robertson

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-05-26

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 035968825X

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Who invented fraudulent financial real estate loan schemes that almost destroyed the world financial system? Who closed their factories in U.S. communities and opened them in other countries? Who kept their U.S. workers' pay stagnant while their income soared? Who wants to sell all the coal and oil that they own no matter how hot the earth gets? Who flooded U.S. cities and towns with opioid prescription drugs? Not foreign governments and not illegal immigrants. The answer is: rich American capitalists. Without rules, many capitalists will attempt to monopolize markets. They will also dump their wastes into the environment and use their economic power to try to control governments. Trump and his henchmen are changing the rules to benefit the rich, not "Make America Great Again". U.S. history can guide us how to truly make America better but Americans must learn what works and what does not and vote accordingly.


The Three Cs That Made America Great

The Three Cs That Made America Great

Author: Mike Huckabee

Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers

Published: 2020-09-01

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1647733057

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Forces on the Left seeks to fundamentally change our nation by disregarding the principles upon which it was founded. Members of the media and liberal politicians seek to damage our economic, political, and educational systems for their gain. This is a book which: Exposes the Left's plan to undermine the Christian values on which the nation was built Reveals how attacks on Christianity are part of the political agenda of Liberals Provides a clear understanding of capitalism and how free markets benefit all people Reveals how Liberals undermine capitalism with their socialistic policies Shows how the Constitutions purpose to restrain government and protect individual liberty Unmask the efforts of the liberal Left to subvert the power and relevance of the Constitution Exposes the current corruption in government and culture which undermines the principles on which the nation was founded America faces a war of values that will determine its future and likely decide if it will continue as a great nation on the world stage. The Three Cs That Made America Great sounds a needed alarm to Christians and conservatives to answer the call to action and push back against the forces that desire to move America from its heritage and founding principles. It is time for God's people to take an active role in the political arena, not with violence, but with votes and voices that proclaim and defend the values that made our nation the brightest light of freedom the world has ever known.


Scoundrels Who Made America Great

Scoundrels Who Made America Great

Author: Martin Henley

Publisher: Abbott Press

Published: 2016-01-21

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1458219488

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We like our heroes to wear white hats and our villains to wear black. Scoundrels Who Made America Great takes a fresh view of heroism by using a dramatic event in the life of each scoundrel to illustrate how disreputable labels can obscure heroic deeds. Some of them are household names. Others have been forgotten till now. Some are villains who turned out to be heroes. Others are heroes who proved to be all too human. They are The Scoundrels. And Martin Henley has brought them to life in a vividly-written volume that overflows with surprising stories, little-known facts, and the pure drama of history. Enjoy. William Martin, New York Times Bestselling author of The Lost Constitution and The Lincoln Letter By showing that the meanings assigned to the actions of prominent historical figures by contemporaries as well as future generations can fluctuate dramatically, Martin Henleys book inspires readers to reflect on the very nature of history. It helps them to understand that both scoundrels and heroes are made by their deeds as much as by the collective memory that shifts with time and place. Michal Rozbicki, Professor of History, St. Louis University With the rigorous research of a scholar and the superb story-telling skills of a novelist, Martin Henley has penned a wonderful book about five historical scoundrels who, upon further reading, were not the dreadful miscreants all of us have been led to believe. Scoundrels who Made America Great is a highly readable and truly enlightening slice of hidden history. Ronald E. Yates, Dean Emeritus, College of Media Studies, University of Illinois. Bestselling author of Finding Billy Battles website: www.martinhenley.com blog: www.ironicamericanhistory.blogspot.com


The New Deal and American Society, 1933–1941

The New Deal and American Society, 1933–1941

Author: Kenneth J. Bindas

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-11-10

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 100047013X

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The New Deal and American Society, 1933–1941 explores what some have labeled the third American revolution, in one concise and accessible volume. This book examines the emergence of modern America, beginning with the 100 Days legislation in 1933 through to the second New Deal era that began in 1935. This revolutionary period introduced sweeping social and economic legislation designed to provide the American people with a sense of hope while at the same time creating regulations designed to safeguard against future depressions. It was not without critics or failures, but even these proved significant in the ongoing discussions concerning the idea of federal power, social inclusion, and civil rights. Uncertainties concerning aggressive, nationalistic states like Italy, Germany, and Japan shifted the focus of FDR's administration, but the events of World War II solidified the ideas and policies begun during the 1930s, especially as they related to the welfare state. The legacy of the New Deal would resonate well into the current century through programs like Social Security, unemployment compensation, workers' rights, and the belief that the federal government is responsible for the economic well-being of its citizenry. The volume includes many primary documents to help situate students and bring this era to life. The text will be of interest to students of American history, economic and social history, and, more broadly, courses that engage social change and economic upheaval.


America 1933

America 1933

Author: Michael Golay

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-06-04

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 143919601X

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The first account of the remarkable eighteen-month journey of Lorena Hickok, intimate friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, throughout the country during the worst of the Great Depression, bearing witness to the unprecedented ravages; an indelible portrait of an unprecedented crisis. DURING THE HARSHEST year of the Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, a top woman news reporter of the day and intimate friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, was hired by FDR’s right-hand man Harry Hopkins to embark upon a grueling journey to the hardest-hit areas of the country to report back on the degree of devastation. Distinguished historian Michael Golay draws on a trove of original sources—including the moving, remarkably intimate, almost daily letters between Hickok and Eleanor Roosevelt—as he re-creates that extraordinary journey. Hickok traveled by car almost nonstop for eighteen months, from January 1933 to August 1934, surviving hellish dust storms, rebellions by coal workers in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and a near revolution by Midwest farmers. A brilliant observer, Hickok wrote searing and deeply empathetic reports to Hopkins and letters to Mrs. Roosevelt that comprise an unparalleled record of the worst economic disaster in the history of the country. Historically important, they crucially influenced the scope and strategy of the Roosevelt administration’s unprecedented relief efforts. America 1933 reveals Hickok’s pivotal contribution to the policies of the New Deal and sheds light on her intense but ill-fated relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt and the forces that inevitably came between them.


America's Great War

America's Great War

Author: Robert Zieger

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2001-11-13

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0742599256

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Recent bestsellers by Niall Ferguson and John Keegan have created tremendous popular interest in World War I. In America's Great War prominent historian Robert H. Zieger examines the causes, prosecution, and legacy of this bloody conflict from a frequently overlooked perspective, that of American involvement. This is the first book to illuminate both America's dramatic influence on the war and the war's considerable impact upon our nation. Zieger's engaging narrative provides vivid descriptions of the famous battles and diplomatic maneuvering, while also chronicling America's rise to prominence within the postwar world. On the domestic front, Zieger details how the war forever altered American politics and society by creating the National Security State, generating powerful new instruments of social control, bringing about innovative labor and social welfare programs, and redefining civil liberties and race relations. America's Great War promises to become the definitive history of America and World War I.


People That Made America A Great Nation

People That Made America A Great Nation

Author: Doctor Know

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-08-19

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 0359034691

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Not long ago I heard the Governor of New York say, "America was never that great." His comment was part of a speech about how he felt about President Trump's policies and actions. I disagree with the governor.So I decided to create a book about people who made America great. You read about each person in this book and decide for yourself if they contributed positively to American Society and how they did that. This book is meant to educate and inspire people of all ages. It's designed to be an easy read that is not mired in political double talk.Profiles include George Washington, John Paul Jones, Abraham Lincoln, Lewis and Clark, Mark Twain, Harriet Tubman, George Washington Carver, Frederick Douglass, Theodore Roosevelt, President Donald Trump, Henry Ford, Walt Disney, Dolly Madison, Ronald Reagan, Sam Walton, Clara Barton, Generals Billy Mitchell - George Patton - Douglas MacArthur and many more. Over 30 profiles including photos or illustrations.


The Trump Memorandum

The Trump Memorandum

Author: Steve Adams

Publisher: Magus Books

Published:

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13:

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Donald Trump did something remarkable. He tried to change America's future. That was why he became America's most controversial and divisive president since Abraham Lincoln. No crystal balls are needed to see where America is heading – far away from where and what it is now. The America of the year 2100 will bear no resemblance to the America of today. Completely different people will be in charge, with completely different values, and a completely different outlook on life. America will be a liberal, socialist nation devoted to multiculturalism, political correctness and the total normalization and acceptance of every weird minority. It will follow the "New Age" religion of everyone has their own path and own truth and no one is ever wrong. People's feelings will be paramount. Anyone who makes anyone feel bad will be jailed. There will be no tough pioneers and prospectors. Everyone masculine will have left the country. America will be an extraordinarily effeminate nation, the most effeminate in world history. It will be all about "inclusion", "safe spaces", and "love and light". Everyone will meditate and practice mindfulness and say Namaste. Thanksgiving will be replaced by Non-Binary and Vegan Day. America will resemble George Orwell's dystopian world of Nineteen Eighty-Four, except it will be run by Big Sister (aka The Matriarchy) and will require everyone to be "nice". All get-up-and-go, ambitious, high achievers will be purged because they do not make the mediocre majority feel good about themselves. Every tall poppy will be cut down. Nothing will remain but the Church of Universal Mediocrity. America will be the least exceptional nation on earth, with a "manifest destiny" only to become weaker and weaker and more and more pathetic until it dissolves into the aether. The leaders of the nation will actively promote "the survival of the weakest." It will be a vegan nation, and the "White House" will be painted in all the colors of the rainbow. All public holidays in America will celebrate various minorities. July 4th will be a Day of Shame, where America reflects on its "wicked" past, and the mediocre masses do penance for America's historical "wrongs". America will become the United States of Woke, devoted to virtue signaling, sermonizing, social justice warrioring, and deplatforming and canceling anyone who says or does anything perceived as anti-Woke. We all know it's coming.


America's Great Game

America's Great Game

Author: Hugh Wilford

Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)

Published: 2013-12-03

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 046501965X

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From the 9/11 attacks to waterboarding to drone strikes, relations between the United States and the Middle East seem caught in a downward spiral. And all too often, the Central Intelligence Agency has made the situation worse. But this crisis was not a historical inevitability—far from it. Indeed, the earliest generation of CIA operatives was actually the region’s staunchest western ally. In America’s Great Game, celebrated intelligence historian Hugh Wilford reveals the surprising history of the CIA’s pro-Arab operations in the 1940s and 50s by tracing the work of the agency’s three most influential—and colorful—officers in the Middle East. Kermit “Kim” Roosevelt was the grandson of Theodore Roosevelt and the first head of CIA covert action in the region; his cousin, Archie Roosevelt, was a Middle East scholar and chief of the Beirut station. The two Roosevelts joined combined forces with Miles Copeland, a maverick covert operations specialist who had joined the American intelligence establishment during World War II. With their deep knowledge of Middle Eastern affairs, the three men were heirs to an American missionary tradition that engaged Arabs and Muslims with respect and empathy. Yet they were also fascinated by imperial intrigue, and were eager to play a modern rematch of the “Great Game,” the nineteenth-century struggle between Britain and Russia for control over central Asia. Despite their good intentions, these “Arabists” propped up authoritarian regimes, attempted secretly to sway public opinion in America against support for the new state of Israel, and staged coups that irrevocably destabilized the nations with which they empathized. Their efforts, and ultimate failure, would shape the course of U.S.–Middle Eastern relations for decades to come. Based on a vast array of declassified government records, private papers, and personal interviews, America’s Great Game tells the riveting story of the merry band of CIA officers whose spy games forever changed U.S. foreign policy.