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Product details
- ISBN 9780226044385
- Weight: 198g
- Dimensions: 13 x 20mm
- Publication Date: 15 Oct 2002
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The founding principles of the United States - freedom, autonomy, individual rights, and democratic dissent - often sit in opposition to the patriotic ideals of public spirit and self-sacrifice. But American history reveals scores of citizens who have put the good of the nation above their own self-interest, whether at home or on Omaha Beach. It is this paradox that Walter Berns tackles with this magnificently argued book: what makes patriots? And is it still possible to make them?
Walter Berns is the John M. Olin University Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. His books include In Defense of Liberal Democracy, The First Amendment and the Future of American Democracy, and Taking the Constitution Seriously.
