| The Character Of Nations |  | Author: Angelo M. Codevilla
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 8,170,842
Format: Large Print
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Lrg
Pages: 700
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7 x 1.6
ISBN: 1458768708
EAN: 9781458768704
ASIN: 1458768708
Publication Date: May 16, 2012 (New: Last 30 Days)
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In this cross-cultural study, Angelo M. Codevilla illustrates that as people shape their governments, they shape themselves. Drawing broadly from the depths of history, from the Roman republic to de Tocqueville's America, as well as from personal and scholarly observations of the world in the twentieth century, The Character of Nations reveals remarkable truths about the effects of government on a society's economic arrangements, moral order, sense of family life, and ability to defend itself. Codevilla argues that in present-day America, government has had a profound negative effect on societal norms. It has taught people to seek prosperity through connections with political power; it has fostered the atrophy of civic responsibility; it has waged a Kulturkampf against family and religion; and it has dug a dangerous chasm between those who serve in the military and those who send it in harm's way. Informative and provocative, The Character of Nations shows how the political decisions we make have higher stakes than simply who wins elections.
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