American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology

by Jon Meacham

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Meacham's selections were excellent, but I was disappointed that there was not more analysis from him.

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Jon Meacham was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on May 20, 1969. He received a degree in English literature at the University of the South. He joined Newsweek as a writer in 1995. Three years later, at the age of 29, he was promoted to managing editor, supervising coverage of politics, international affairs, and breaking news. In 2006, he was show more promoted to editor at Newsweek. He is currently an executive editor at Random House. He won the Pulitzer Prize for American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House in 2009. His other works include Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship, American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation. In 2001, he edited Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement. In 2013 his title Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power made The New York Times Best Seller List. In 2015 Meacham's title Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush made The New York Times Best Seller List. His most recent book is entitled The Soul of America: The Battle for our Better Angels (2018). show less

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Original publication date
2026
Epigraph
Nations reel and stagger on their way; they make hideous mistakes; they commit frightful wrongs; they do great and beautiful things. And shall we not best guide humanity by telling the truth about all this, so far as the tru... (show all)th is ascertainable?
- W.E.B. Du Bois
Dedication
In Memoriam
Charles Peters, 1926-2023
First words
(Introduction) The news was grim.
It was the boldest of claims.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)When fear, exhaustion, or resignation crowds out citizens' commitment to democracy, emergent authoritarianism begins to take root.
Blurbers
Blight, David W.; Gordon-Reed, Annette; Isaacson, Walter
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English US

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History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government
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973History & geographyHistory of North AmericaUnited States
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E183 .A4985History of the United StatesUnited StatesHistoryDiplomatic history. Foreign and general relations.Relations with individual countries

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