Research Catalog

Title

Of thee, nevertheless, I sing : an essay on American political values / William Lee Miller.

Author

Miller, William Lee.

Publication

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1975]

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Details

Description

337 pages; 22 cm

Subject

• 1945-1989
• Political ethics
• National characteristics, American
• Politics and government
• United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
• United States
• United States > Politics and government > 1945-

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Prologue : On certain difficulties in being an American Democrat -- On moral crusades and also on a really realistic realism (with Ike as an example) -- On changing hearts and 'consciousnesses' (with race as an example) -- A note on humor and on self-criticism and on assorted semiheroes (with Adlai Stevenson among the examples) -- On the limitations of tough-minded, technical, realistic, hard-nosed, pragmatic liberalism (with John F. Kennedy as an example) -- On pursuing something more than happiness, or not waiting for the facts to speak for themselves, and on not building any great societies -- On not overthrowing the system -- On resisting the temptation to become a conservative (or even a 'centrist') -- Watergate and the dignity of democratic government -- 'There are people out there who want to believe' : an American failure story -- On the changing of presidents and the surprising value of politics -- Bittersweet land of liberty -- On justice and mercy for presidents -- Three exaggerations : the unscrupulous use of the crowd, the exploiting of the resentments of the common man, and the problem of the man more right than his neighbors -- On the overwhelming importance of purpose over technique (with an eminence as a source) -- The moral comedy of an operational society -- Epilogue : Of thee, nevertheless, I sing.

ISBN

• 015167986X
• 9780151679867

LCCN

75002009

OCLC

• ocm01176827
• 1176827
• SCSB-165680

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library