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02672aam a2200409 i 4500 001 964D62887ECB11E5A884E9DCDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20151030010039 007 n 008 150903s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2015021945 020 $a 1501117076 (alk. paper) 020 $a 9781501117077 (alk. paper) 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Jindal, Bobby, $d 1971- 245 10 $a American will : $b the forgotten choices that changed our republic / $c Bobby Jindal. 250 $a First Threshold Editions hardcover edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Threshold Editions, $c 2015. 300 $a 312 pages : $b index ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: American will -- Part I. American visionaries -- Individual liberty: the Anti-Federalists and the fight for a Bill of Rights -- Defending American sovereignty: Napoleon, Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase -- Boom: the first energy revolution and the rise of the American entrepreneur -- Part II. America off-course -- Preemptive surrender: Joe Kennedy and the perils of appeasement -- In defense of Federalism: Ronald Reagan and the fight against Richard Nixon's welfare state -- From Hillarycare to Obamacare: the left's quest for socialized medicine -- Part III. Division and indecision -- A party divided: the great Republican crack-up of 1912 -- The Truman afterthought: how indecision and recklessness almost lost the Cold War -- Part IV. Questions of faith -- Great awakenings: abolition and the hidden hand of God -- Religion and the schools: how religious bigotry has punished American students -- Conclusion: 2016: another turning point. 520 $a The governor of Louisiana explores how fourteen different lessons from U.S. history have influenced and defined current affairs, including the Louisiana Purchase, the conflict between the Federaliss and the anti-Federalists, and Reagan and Nixon's welfare fight. 541 $d 20151015. 650 $a United States $x Anecdotes. $x Anecdotes. 650 $a United States $x Politics and government $v Anecdotes. 650 07 $a Conservatism $z United States $x History $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a National characteristics, American. 941 $a 8 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220728013213.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204082042.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110063958.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217031240.0 952 $l DDPC173 $d 20180711023727.0 952 $l WHPE115 $d 20160421015928.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20160109011005.0 952 $l WXPD305 $d 20160102010018.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=964D62887ECB11E5A884E9DCDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search