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War and moral dissonance
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Peter A. French |
"This collection of essays, inspired by the author's experience teaching ethics to Marine and Navy chaplains during the Iraq War, examines the moral and psychological dilemmas posed by war. The first… |
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To renew America
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Newt Gingrich |
Many people in government and the media tried to stop the publication of this book so that you could not read it. But now you can. On November 9, 1994, for the first time in forty years, the Republic… |
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Hellfire nation
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James A. Morone |
"The American Constitution firmly separates church and state. Yet religion lies at the heart of American polities. How did America become a nation with the soul of a church? In Hellfire Nation, James… |
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Hiroshima in America
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Robert Jay Lifton,Greg Mitchell,Greg Mitchell,Robert Jay Lifton |
A study of the events surrounding the Hiroshima bombing focuses on its effects in America, considering the cover-up efforts by the government and linking the bombing to current insensitivities toward… |
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The Culture of Narcissism
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Christopher Lasch |
Here is a penetrating view of the narcissistic personality of our time. Liberated from the superstitions of the past, it embraces new cults, only to discover that emancipation from ancient taboos bri… |
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Something for Nothing
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Jackson Lears,T. J. Jackson Lears |
Offers a thoroughly researched discussion of how luck, chance, and gambling have shaped and defined the national character of America, even while conventional wisdom has dictated that perseverance, i… |
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