Our American Story: The Search for a Shared National Narrative - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1640121706 ISBN 13: 9781640121706

Publisher: POTOMAC BOOKS, 2019

Synopsis

Over the past few decades, the complicated divides of geography, class, religion, and race created deep fractures in the United States, each side fighting to advance its own mythology and political interests. We lack a central story, a common ground we can celebrate and enrich with deeper meaning. Unable to agree on first principles, we cannot agree on what it means to be American. As we dismantle or disregard symbols and themes that previously united us, can we replace them with stories and rites that unite our tribes and maintain meaning in our American identity?

Against this backdrop, Our American Story features leading thinkers from across the political spectrum—Jim Banks, Pulitzer Prize–winner David W. Blight, Spencer P. Boyer, Eleanor Clift, John C. Danforth, Cody Delistraty, Richard A. Epstein, Nikolas Gvosdev, Cherie Harder, Jason Kuznicki, Gerard N. Magliocca, Markos Moulitsas, Ilya Somin, Cass R. Sunstein, Alan Taylor, James V. Wertsch, Gordon S. Wood, and Ali Wyne. Each draws on expertise within their respective fields of history, law, politics, and public policy to contribute a unique perspective about the American story. This collection explores whether a unifying story can be achieved and, if so, what that story could be.

About this title

About the Author

Congressman Jim Banks represents Indiana's 3rd congressional district.

David W. Blight is professor of American history at Yale University.

Spencer Boyer is a senior fellow at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy & Global Engagement.

Joshua A. Claybourn is an author and attorney.

Eleanor Clift is a political reporter, television pundit, and author.

John C. Danforth is formerly U.S. senator from Missouri and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Cody Delistraty is a writer and historian based in Paris.

Richard A. Epstein is a law professor at New York University Law School and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution.

Nikolas Gvosdev is a professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College.

Cherie Harder serves as president of the Trinity Forum.

Jason Kuznicki is a research fellow with the Cato Institute, editor of Cato Books, and the editor of Cato Unbound.

Gerard N. Magliocca is a law professor the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.

Markos Moulitsas is founder and publisher of Daily Kos and co-founder of Vox Media.

Ilya Somin is a law professor at George Mason University and a blogger for the Volokh Conspiracy.

Cass R. Sunstein is a law professor at Harvard Law School and previously served in the Obama administration as administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

Alan Taylor is a history professor at the University of Virginia. He twice received the Pulitzer Prize in History, once for William Cooper's Town and once for The Internal Enemy.

James V. Wertsch is the vice chancellor for international affairs and professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis.

Gordon S. Wood is Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University. His books include Pulitzer Prize-winning The Radicalism of the American Revolution and Bancroft Prize-winning The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787.

Ali Wyne is a policy analyst at RAND Corporation.

Edition details

• Publisher: POTOMAC BOOKS
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1640121706
• ISBN 13: 9781640121706
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 228
• Editor: Claybourn Joshua A.