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Birthdate: 1919-05-03
Date of death: 2015-01-10
Gender: male
Education: University of Chicago (Ph.D.)
Reed College
London School of Economics
University of Iowa
Occupations: neoconservative
law professor
Organizations: Georgetown University
American Enterprise Institute
Cornell University
Louisiana State University
Yale University
University of Toronto (show all 10)
National Council on the Humanities
Institute for Educational Affairs
Judicial Fellows Commission
Council of Scholars of the Library of Congress
Awards and honors: National Humanities Medal (2005)
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Places of residence: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Taos, New Mexico, USA
Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
Ithaca, New York, USA
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Place of death: Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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mcola 53 reviews

Making Patriots by Walter Berns

Very interesting read. I have read a lot about the revolutionary war era. This book had much information on that time, but also on Abraham Lincoln and the history of slavery and the civil war. It was an eye opening account for me, of Lincoln's struggles to hold the country together before and during the war. The last chapter and the epilogue make a US citizen proud of his country and glad to be an American. Highly recommended.

Aug 18, 2019

Schmerguls 5,855 reviews

The First Amendment and the Future of American Democracy by Walter Berns

1437 The First Amendment and the Future of American Democracy, by Walter Berns (read 10 Mar 1977) I found this a very thought-provoking book, raising questions which the author answers in ways which resonated with me at the time I read this. He was more questioning about the then direction of the Supreme Court's cases than I today am of that direction, what with a rightward tilt in the Court now which was not as evident at the time the book was written.

Jan 27, 2009