The Four Freedoms under Siege: The Clear and Present Danger from Our National Security State (repost)
The Four Freedoms under Siege: The Clear and Present Danger from Our National Security State
Publisher: Praeger | ISBN 10: 0275989119 | 2006 | PDF | 368 pages | 10.2 MB
Publisher: Praeger | ISBN 10: 0275989119 | 2006 | PDF | 368 pages | 10.2 MB
The authors address the hard questions of individual freedom versus national security that are on the minds of Americans of all political stripes. They bring together the pivotal events, leaders, policies, and fateful decisions—often path-breaking, more often ending in folly—that have subverted our constitutional government from its founding. You reach the inescapable conclusion, the authors write, that the United States is a warrior nation, has been addicted to war from the start, and is able to sustain its warfare habit only by mugging American taxpayers, and believing in its mission as God's chosen.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.