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The Four Freedoms Under Siege: The Clear and Present Danger from Our National Security State
Marcus Raskin
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Description for The Four Freedoms Under Siege: The Clear and Present Danger from Our National Security State
Paperback. FDR's Four Freedoms-Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear-were presented to the American people in his 1941 State of the Union address, and they became the inspiration for a second bill of rights, extending the New Deal and guaranteeing work, housing, medical care, and education. Num Pages: 358 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 612.
FDR’s Four Freedoms—Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear—were presented to the American people in his 1941 State of the Union address, and they became the inspiration for a second bill of rights, extending the New Deal and guaranteeing work, housing, medical care, and education. Although the bill never was adopted in a legal sense in this country, its principles pervaded the political landscape for an entire generation, including the War on Poverty and the Great Society reforms of the 1960s.
The ideas expressed in the Four Freedoms speech inspired the Universal ... Read more
FDR’s Four Freedoms—Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear—were presented to the American people in his 1941 State of the Union address, and they became the inspiration for a second bill of rights, extending the New Deal and guaranteeing work, housing, medical care, and education. Although the bill never was adopted in a legal sense in this country, its principles pervaded the political landscape for an entire generation, including the War on Poverty and the Great Society reforms of the 1960s.
The ideas expressed in the Four Freedoms speech inspired the Universal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Condition
New
Number of Pages
358
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781597972178
SKU
V9781597972178
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About Marcus Raskin
MARCUS G. RASKIN is a professor at the School of Public Policy at the George Washington University and founder of the Institute of Policy Studies. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of more than twenty books, including The Four Freedoms Under Siege: The Clear and Present Danger from Our National Security State (Potomac Books, 2009). He lives in Washington, D.C.
Reviews for The Four Freedoms Under Siege: The Clear and Present Danger from Our National Security State
“Marcus Raskin has been warning us for decades about the perils and paranoia associated with the National Security State. Raskin as much as anyone in America anticipated the nightmare we are now living. In this new paperback edition of The Four Freedoms Under Siege, Raskin and his coauthor Robert Spero show why it is essential for Congress and the citizenry ... Read more