Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Most Important Ideals Paperback - 2009
by Eric Alterman
The bestselling author and Newsweek columnist takes acharacteristically irreverent look at the rampant mistreatmentof liberals and liberalism
The "most honest and incisive mediacritic writing today"(National Catholic Reporter), Eric Alterman iscommitted to restoring the liberal tradition to its honored place asthe political philosophy of mainstream American citizens. In thisbracing and well-documented counterattack on right-wing spin andmisinformation, Alterman briskly disposes of the canards and falsedefinitions that have been foisted upon liberals by the right and havebeen accepted unquestioningly by nearly everyone else. The perfectpost-election book for all those who are ready to fight back againstthe conservative mudslinging machine and reclaim their voices in thepolitical process, Why We're Liberals brings clarity and perspectiveto the possibility of a new day in America.
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The "most honest and incisive media critic writing today"(National Catholic Reporter), Eric Alterman is committed to restoring the liberal tradition to its honored place as the political philosophy of mainstream American citizens. In this bracing and well-documented counterattack on right- wing spin and misinformation, Alterman briskly disposes of the canards and false definitions that have been foisted upon liberals by the right and have been accepted unquestioningly by nearly everyone else. The perfect post-election book for all those who are ready to fight back against the conservative mudslinging machine and reclaim their voices in the political process, Why We're Liberals brings clarity and perspective to the possibility of a new day in America.
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- Title Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Most Important Ideals
- Author Eric Alterman
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Date 2009-02-24
- ISBN 9780143115229 / 0143115227
- Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.91 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 2.31 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Dewey Decimal Code 320.51
Media reviews
-The New York Times
"A vigorous defense of liberalism as a credo-a credo, Alterman argues persuasively, that most Americans actually subscribe to."
-The Atlantic
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