Organized Patriotism and the Crucible of War: Popular Imperialism in Britain, 1914-1932 by Matthew C. HendleyRequirements: .PDF reader, 1.4 MBOverview: Patriotic organizations in prewar Britain are often blamed for the public’s enthusiastic response to the outbreak of World War One. The wartime experience of these same organizations is insufficiently understood. In Organized Patriotism and the […]
Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes by Steven B. SmithRequirements: .ePUB reader, 1.00 MBOverview: How our shifting sense of “what’s normal” defines the character of democracy “A provocative examination of social constructs and those who would alternately undo or improve them.”—Kirkus Reviews This sharp and engaging collection of essays by leading governmental scholar Cass […]
Patriot Pirates: The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution by Robert H. PattonRequirements: .MP3 reader, 359 MBOverview: They were legalized pirates empowered by the Continental Congress to raid and plunder, at their own considerable risk, as much enemy trade as they could successfully haul back to America’s shores. They played a […]
Unpatriotic History of the Second World War by James HeartfieldRequirements: .ePUB, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 6.2 MBOverview: Sixty million people died in the Second World War, and still they tell us it was the Peoples War. The official history of the Second World War is Victors History. This is the history of the Second World War without […]
What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism by Dan Rather, Elliot KirschnerRequirements: .MP3 reader, 192 MBOverview: In a collection of original essays, the venerated television journalist, Dan Rather, celebrates our shared values and what matters most in our great country, and shows us what patriotism looks like. Writing about the institutions that sustain us, such as […]