USA TODAY: The Stunning Incoherence of American Civilization - Hardcover

Reid Buckley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0972100008 ISBN 13: 9780972100007

Publisher: P.E.N. Press, Inc., 2002

Synopsis

An examination of the striking dissonance between what Americans profess to believe and what they actually do believe; between their intentions and their actions; and how this dissonance places in jeopardy American society and the American republic, never more than now under the challenge of rabid Islamic terrorism.

About this title

About the Author:

Reid Buckley is a novelist, author, and journalist who is also president of the Buckley School of Thought, Reflection, and Communications. He has been a prominent lecturer and debater and he is known as a controversialist. He devotes himself to teaching professionals and corporate executives the principles of lucid thinking and written and verbal expression. He lives in Camden, South Carolina with his wife and several of their ten children. He is an honorary Green Beret, he climbed the Matterhorn, and he is known for his wit.

Review:

...is the work of a great-souled patriot [with] Twain's gift for story telling and...Tocqueville's powers of observation. -- Gerard V. Bradley, Professor of Law, Notre Dame

...the lament of a truly wise patriot... No American...will read it without...profound sadness at our national failings. --Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University

About this edition

• Publisher: P.E.N. Press, Inc.
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0972100008
• ISBN 13: 9780972100007
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 472