Finding Our Roots, Facing our Future; America in the 21st Century

xii, 329, [1] pages. Table. Endnotes. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Inscription on fep appears to be signed Robert, assumed to be the editor. Robert E. Freer, Jr. is the BB&T Visiting Professor in Ethics & Free Enterprise Leadership, School of Business, The Citadel. Following an extensive career in government, corporate service and private law practice, Professor Freer answered the call of The Citadel to bring his experience to the teaching of business law courses in 2004, first as a visiting professor, then as the first John S. Grinalds Leader in Residence (2005-2006). Professor Freer now serves as the first BB&T Visiting Professor in Ethics and Free Enterprise Leadership. As The BB&T Visiting Professor, Prof. Freer, drawing on a lifetime of experience in government, private practice and as a senior officer and General Counsel of Kimberly-Clark and other corporations, teaches legal courses to both cadets and graduate business school students. During his career, Professor Freer has served on many corporate boards of both for-profit, not-for-profit and public corporations. Dr. Freer, an early leader in the field of responsible corporate governance, was chairman of the ABA Corporate Governance Subcommittee of the Section of Business, Banking and Corporation Law from 1980-1982. He is the author of Citadel Values and Citadel Values II as well as a novel published in the spring of 2008 by Book Surge LLC. This book has been a two-year effort sponsored by Lawyers for the Republic, a not-for-profit organization interested primarily in research and education about our country's historical foundation, the electoral process and those values that have been so important to the preservation of our Republic. Among the topics covered are Federalism, Government, National Security, Trade, Technology Competitiveness International Relations, Monetary Policy, Public Welfare, Justice, and Ethics. Among the contributors are Tommy Thompson, Caspar Weinberger, Steve Forbes, Robert Dole, Bill Archer, Connie Mack, Arthur Laffer, Pat Robertson, Grover Norquist, and Edwin Meese.…