{"product_id":"ark-of-the-liberties-why-american-freedom-matters-to-the-world-paperback","title":"Ark of the Liberties: Why American Freedom Matters to the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTed Widmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a sweeping history of centuries, Ted Widmer's\u003ci\u003e Ark of the Liberties \u003c\/i\u003erecounts America's ambition to be the world's guarantor of liberty. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The United States stands at a historic crossroads; essential to the world yet unappreciated. America's decline in popularity over the decades has been nothing short of astonishing. With wit, brilliance, and deep affection, Ted Widmer, a scholar and a former presidential speechwriter, reminds everyone why this great nation had so far to fall. It is a success story that America, and the world, forgets at its peril. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the Declaration of Independence to the Gettysburg Address to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United States, for all its shortfalls, has been by far the world's greatest advocate for freedom. Generations of founders imbued America with a surprisingly global ambition that a series of remarkable presidents, often Democratic, advanced through the confident wielding of military and economic power.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ark of the Liberties brims with new insights: America's centuries-long favorable relationship with the Middle East; why Wilson's presidency deserves reappraisal; Bill Clinton's underappreciated achievements; how America's long history of foreign policy immediately touches on the choices we face. Fully addressing America's disastrous occupation of Iraq, \u003ci\u003eArk of the Liberties \u003c\/i\u003ecolorfully narrates America's long and laudatory history of expanding world liberty.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTed Widmer\u003c\/b\u003e is the former director of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University. He was a foreign-policy speechwriter and senior adviser to President Clinton. His books include \u003ci\u003eArk of the Liberties, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrown: The History of an Idea, \u003c\/i\u003eand a biography of Martin Van Buren\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.6 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48261322768605,"sku":"9780809027491","price":32.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/xNljB44lWe9780809027491.webp?v=1785072917","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/ark-of-the-liberties-why-american-freedom-matters-to-the-world-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}