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Failing Liberty 101 : How We Are Leaving Young Americans Unprepared for Citizenship in a Free Society
Overview
The author argues that we are failing to prepare today's young people to be responsible American citizens--to the detriment of their life prospects and those of liberty in the United States of the future. He identifies the problems--the declines in civic purpose and patriotism, crises of faith, cynicism, self-absorption, ignorance, indifference to the common good--and shows that our disregard of civic and moral virtue as an educational priority is having a tangible effect on the attitudes, understanding, and behavior of large portions of the youth in our country today.
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- ISBN-13: 9780817913649
- ISBN-10: 0817913645
- Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
- Publish Date: May 2011
- Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.8 pounds
- Page Count: 160
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