CITIZENS DISSENT; Security, Morality, and Leadership in an Age of Terror

BERRY, Wendell & David James Duncan

ISBN 10: 0913098620 / ISBN 13: 9780913098622

Published by Orion Society, Gt. Barrington, MA, 2003

About this Item

12mo, pp. (iv), (iv), 60; (xii). Illustrated wraps. A very good copy. Two essays. Berry's titled "A Citizen's Response to the National Security Strategy of the United States of America" and Duncan's titled "When Compassion Becomes Dissent." Forword by Marion Gilliam and Laurie Lane-Zucker.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CITIZENS DISSENT; Security, Morality, and Leadership in an Age of Terror
• Publisher: Orion Society, Gt. Barrington, MA
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0913098620
• ISBN 13: 9780913098622
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Politics

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Synopsis

Wendell Berry and David James Duncan, in two original essays first published in Orion Magazine, present a haunting call to the collective conscience of the citizenry, and an urgent challenge to the meaning and workings of a true democracy. Their patriotic dissents expand the context for questions of terror and security, and present an enlightened understanding of the threats to and responsibilities of freedom. The volume also features an original postscript by Duncan, dated the first day that U.S. forces invaded Iraq.

About the Author

Wendell Berry is an essayist, poet, and farmer, author of more than thirty books including, In the Presence of Fear: Three Essays for a Changed World. He is a long-time member of The Orion Society’s advisory board and the past recipient of the T.S. Eliot award, the John Hay award, the Lyndhurst Prize, and the Aiken-Taylor Award for Poetry from The Sewanee Review. He lives and works on his farm in Kentucky.

David James Duncan is the author of the novels The River Why and The Brothers K, and a collection of memoir and stories, River Teeth. His most recent book, My Story as Told by Water, won the Western States Book Award and was nominated for the 2001 National Book Award.