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By Meacham, Jon2011., Random House Publishing Edition: eBook ed. Summary Note: Osama bin Laden was the most wanted man in American history--an enemy who brought the United States what President George W. Bush called "a day of fire," and ushered in a new era of terrorism. It took a decade of blood and sacrifice, of determination and frustration, but finally, in a nighttime raid at the end of a dirt road in Pakistan, the hunt for Bin Laden ended with a gunshot. It was a dramatic climax to a long and painful chapter.<br><br>But now what? The terrorist threat that has defined American policy since the attacks of 9/11 did not die with Bin Laden in his walled compound near Islamabad. Radicals still wish us harm, and we must fight on.<br><br>In this provocative collection of essays edited and introduced by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham, a group of penetrating analysts and leaders look ahead to the world after Bin Laden--to the future of Al Qaeda, of Afghanistan, of Pakistan. We explore the political, military, and cultural implications of the post--Bin Laden...
![Beyond Bin Landen [eBook]](/Library/images/~imageCT73698.JPG "Beyond Bin Landen [eBook]")
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By Meacham, Jon2004., Random House Trade Paperbacks Call No: 940.53 M479f Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch
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[2020]., 100100., Random House Audio Edition: Unabridged. Connect to this eAudiobook title Summary Note: Presents a portrait of the veteran congressman and civil rights hero John Lewis, detailing the experiences that formed his faith and shaped his practices of non-violent protest.
![His truth is marching on [eAudiobook] : John Lewis and the power of hope](/Library/images/~imageCT101328.JPG "His truth is marching on [eAudiobook] : John Lewis and the power of hope")
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By Meacham, JonÃ2018., Random House Call No: 973 M481s Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "The current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America, Meacham shows us how what Lincoln called the "better angels of our nature" have won the day. Painting surprising portraits of Presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, and others, and illuminating the courage of such influential citizen activists as Martin Luther King, Jr., early suffragettes Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt, civil rights pioneers Rosa Parks and John Lewis, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and Army-McCarthy hearings lawyer Joseph N. Welch, Meacham brings vividly to life turning points in American history. He writes about the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the birth of the "Lost Cause"; the backlash against immigrants in the First World War and the resurgence of the Klu Klux Klan in the 1920s; the fight for women's rights; the demagoguery of Huey Long and Father Coughlin and the isolationist work of "America First" in the years before World War II; the Communist witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy; and Lyndon Johnson's crusade to finish the fight against Jim Crow. In each of these dramatic, crucial turning points, the battle to lead the country to look forward rather than back, to assert hope over fear, was joined, even as it is today. While the American story has not always or even often been heroic, and the outcome of that battle has never been certain, in this inspiring book, Meacham writes, "The good news is that we have come through darkness before," as time and again, Lincoln's better angels have found a way to prevail"--
