Give Me Liberty · A History of America's Exceptional Idea
- Authors
- Brookhiser, Richard
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Tags
- conservatism & liberalism , democracy , politics & government , political science , history , political ideologies , united states , nationalism & patriotism
- Date
- 2019-11-05T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.24 MB
- Lang
- en
**An award-winning historian recounts the history of American liberty through the stories of thirteen essential documents**
Nationalism is inevitable: It supplies feelings of belonging, identity, and recognition. It binds us to our neighbors and tells us who we are. But increasingly -- from the United States to India, from Russia to Burma -- nationalism is being invoked for unworthy ends: to disdain minorities or to support despots. As a result, nationalism has become to many a dirty word.
In *Give Me Liberty* , award-winning historian and biographer Richard Brookhiser offers up a truer and more inspiring story of American nationalism as it has evolved over four hundred years. He examines America's history through thirteen documents that made the United States a new country in a new world: a free country. We are what we are because of them; we stay true to what we are by staying true to them.
Americans have always sought liberty, asked for it, fought for it; every victory has been the fulfillment of old hopes and promises. This is our nationalism, and we should be proud of it.