American Greatness

Has Our Once Promising Utopia (1776) Declined into a Dystopia (2017)?

by H. G. Hastings-Duffield


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 26/01/2017

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 148
ISBN : 9781524553760
Format : Hardcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 148
ISBN : 9781524553777

About the Book

The book was inspired by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign mantra: “We’ll make America great again.” The phrase “great again” contains implications: 1. If America was ever great, when was it great? 2. In what ways was it great? 3. And if it was great, what happened to its greatness? The author discusses these implications in conjunction with, among other documentations, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Emancipation Proclamation, today’s ineffectual and self-serving Congress, and contemporary events having nothing to do with greatness. Also, he questions who is included in the “we” of the mantra and how renewed greatness will be effected.


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