E J Dionne Jr : 10 books
Is American Democracy in Crisis?
The Munk Debates
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
“Our country is now as close to crossing the line from democracy to autocracy as it has been in our lifetimes.” — E. J. Dionne, Jr.
It is the public debate of the moment: is Donald Trump precipitating a crisis of American democracy? For some the answer is an emphatic “yes.” Trump’s...
Stand Up Fight Back
Republican Toughs, Democratic Wimps, and the Politics of Revenge
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2004
One of our most visible, trenchant, and witty political commentators, the author of the bestselling Why Americans Hate Politics, offers a tough critique of President George W. Bush and the Democratic opposition on the eve of a landmark presidential election -- and points to a way out of cynicism and...
We Are the Change We Seek
The Speeches of Barack Obama
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
A collection of Barack Obama's greatest speeches, now including his farewell address, selected and introduced by columnist E.J. Dionne and MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid.
"It is a political partisan's dream to see them [Obama's words] so finely gathered here." - Washington Post
We...
Why the Right Went Wrong
Conservatism--From Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
From the author of Why Americans Hate Politics, the New York Times bestselling and “notably fair-minded” (The New York Times Book Review), story of the GOP’s fracturing—from the 1964 Goldwater takeover to the Trump spectacle.
Why the Right Went Wrong offers an “up to the moment”...
Our Divided Political Heart
The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
America today is at a political impasse; we face a nation divided and discontented. Acclaimed political commentator E.J. Dionne argues that Americans can't agree on who we are as a nation because we can't agree on who we've been, or what it is, philosophically and spiritually, that makes us "Americans."
Dionne...
by E.J. Dionne Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
In this new edition of his national bestseller, E. J. Dionne brings up to date his influential proposals for a politics that can and must find a balance between rights and obligations, between responsibility and compassion.
From the New, Updated Introduction:
"At the heart of Why Americans Hate Politics...
American Catholics and Civic Engagement
A Distinctive Voice
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003
Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding...
One Nation After Trump
A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER
A call to action from three of Washington's premier political scholar-journalists, One Nation After Trump offers the definitive work on the threat posed by the Trump presidency and how to counter it.
American democracy was never...
We Are the Change We Seek
The Speeches of Barack Obama
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017
'Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change we seek'
In his speeches as president, Barack Obama had the power to move people from all over the world as few leaders before him. We Are the Change We Seek...
Ebola's Message
Public Health and Medicine in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the science, politics, and ethics of the 2013–2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak.
The 2013–2015 outbreak of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) was a public health disaster: 28,575 infections and 11,313 deaths (as of October 2015), devastating the countries of...