The Cost Of Liberty

Author : Ben Wilson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780571251773

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What Price Liberty? by Ben Wilson Pdf

Individual liberty will be the defining issue of the twenty-first century, while fear of terrorism, crime and social chaos has put our ideas of liberty into retreat in recent years. It is clear that there is not just a crisis of liberty, but a crisis in the way people talk about liberty. How do we, as individuals, negotiate the maximum amount of freedom in such a complex world? How can we resist the growth of intrusive authoritarianism without exposing ourselves to crime, terrorism and other risks? Even those who instinctively support social freedoms are losing confidence when confronted with such hard truths. History provides a guide to answering these questions. We have a rich legacy to draw upon to help define our approach to current problems. Yet it is a history which we are in danger of forgetting or misreading. In What Price Liberty? Ben Wilson travels through four centuries of British, American and European history, elaborating not just how civil liberties were constructed in the past, but how they were continually re-thought -and re-fought - in response to modernity. The last chapters put into context the controversies of the last decade or so-the threat of terrorism and the rise of the database nation. If liberty is to survive now it must, like it did in the past, adapt to new circumstances. But to do this we need to agree about the value we place on liberty.

Author : Claude Andrew Clegg III
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780807895580

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The Price of Liberty by Claude Andrew Clegg III Pdf

In nineteenth-century America, the belief that blacks and whites could not live in social harmony and political equality in the same country led to a movement to relocate African Americans to Liberia, a West African colony established by the United States government and the American Colonization Society in 1822. In The Price of Liberty, Claude Clegg accounts for 2,030 North Carolina blacks who left the state and took up residence in Liberia between 1825 and 1893. By examining both the American and African sides of this experience, Clegg produces a textured account of an important chapter in the historical evolution of the Atlantic world. For almost a century, Liberian emigration connected African Americans to the broader cultures, commerce, communication networks, and epidemiological patterns of the Afro-Atlantic region. But for many individuals, dreams of a Pan-African utopia in Liberia were tempered by complicated relationships with the Africans, whom they dispossessed of land. Liberia soon became a politically unstable mix of newcomers, indigenous peoples, and "recaptured" Africans from westbound slave ships. Ultimately, Clegg argues, in the process of forging the world's second black-ruled republic, the emigrants constructed a settler society marred by many of the same exclusionary, oppressive characteristics common to modern colonial regimes.

Author : Rosemary Thomson (Political activist)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Christian conservatism
ISBN : 0884191796

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The Price of Liberty by Rosemary Thomson (Political activist) Pdf

Author : William Murchison
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781497635500

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The Cost of Liberty by William Murchison Pdf

“Makes a powerful and convincing case for restoring John Dickinson to his rightful place in the first rank of the Founders.” —The Washington Times The Cost of Liberty offers a sorely needed reassessment of a great patriot and misunderstood Founder. It has been more than a half century since a biography of John Dickinson appeared. Author William Murchison rectifies this mistake, bringing to life one of the most influential figures of the entire Founding period, a principled man whose gifts as writer, speaker, and philosopher only Jefferson came near to matching. In the process, Murchison destroys the caricature of Dickinson that has emerged from such popular treatments as HBO’s John Adams miniseries and the Broadway musical 1776. Dickinson is remembered mostly for his reluctance to sign the Declaration of Independence. But that reluctance, Murchison shows, had nothing to do with a lack of patriotism. In fact, Dickinson immediately took up arms to serve the colonial cause—something only one signer of the Declaration did. He stood on principle to oppose declaring independence at that moment, even when he knew that doing so would deal the “finishing blow” to his once-great reputation. Dubbed the “Penman of the Revolution,” Dickinson was not just a scribe but also a shaper of mighty events. From the 1760s through the late 1780s he was present at, and played a significant role in, every major assemblage where the Founders charted America’s path—a claim few others could make. Author of the landmark essays Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, delegate to the Continental Congress, key figure behind the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, chief executive of both Pennsylvania and Delaware: Dickinson was, as one esteemed historian aptly put it, “the most underrated of all the Founders.” This lively biography gives a great Founder his long-overdue measure of honor.

Author : Stephen Holmes,Cass R. Sunstein
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780393344325

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The Cost of Rights: Why Liberty Depends on Taxes by Stephen Holmes,Cass R. Sunstein Pdf

To "fight for your rights," or anyone else's, is not just to debate principles but to haggle over budgets. The simple insight that all legally enforceable rights cost money reminds us that freedom is not violated by a government that taxes and spends, but requires it—and requires a citizenry vigilant about how money is allocated. Drawing from these practical, commonsense notions, The Cost of Rights provides a useful corrective to the all-or-nothing feel of much political debate nowadays (The Economist).

Author : Forrest Haggerty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1734264675

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True Cost of Liberty by Forrest Haggerty Pdf

Stories of men who fought for freedom from the same small town.

Author : Robert D. Hormats
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429928021

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The Price of Liberty by Robert D. Hormats Pdf

In a bracing work of history, a leading international finance expert reveals how our national security depends on our financial security More than two centuries ago, America's first secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton, identified the Revolutionary War debt as a threat to the nation's creditworthiness and its very existence. In response, he established financial principles for securing the country—principles that endure to this day. In this provocative history, Robert D. Hormats, one of America's leading experts on international finance, shows how leaders from Madison and Lincoln to FDR and Reagan have followed Hamilton's ideals, from the greenback and a progressive income tax to the Victory Bond and Victory Garden campaigns and cost-sharing with allies. Drawing on these historical lessons, Hormats argues that the rampant borrowing to pay for the war in Iraq and the short-sighted tax cuts in the face of a long-term war on terrorism run counter to American tradition and place our country's security in peril. To meet the threats facing us, Hormats contends, we must significantly realign our economic policies—on taxes, Social Security, Medicare, and oil dependency—to safeguard our liberty and our future.

Author : Laura K. Donohue
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139469579

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The Cost of Counterterrorism by Laura K. Donohue Pdf

In the aftermath of a terrorist attack political stakes are high: legislators fear being seen as lenient or indifferent and often grant the executive broader authorities without thorough debate. The judiciary's role, too, is restricted: constitutional structure and cultural norms narrow the courts' ability to check the executive at all but the margins. The dominant 'Security or Freedom' framework for evaluating counterterrorist law thus fails to capture an important characteristic: increased executive power that shifts the balance between branches of government. This book re-calculates the cost of counterterrorist law to the United Kingdom and the United States, arguing that the damage caused is significantly greater than first appears. Donohue warns that the proliferation of biological and nuclear materials, together with willingness on the part of extremists to sacrifice themselves, may drive each country to take increasingly drastic measures with a resultant shift in the basic structure of both states.

Author : Charles Carleton Coffin
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4064066051976

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The Story of Liberty by Charles Carleton Coffin Pdf

The Story of Liberty covers a period of five hundred years fight for liberty, from the Magna Carta (1215) up to the landing of the Pilgrims in Massachusetts (1620) Contents: John Lackland and the Barons The Man Who Preached After He Was Dead The Fire That Was Kindled in Bohemia What Laurence Coster and John Gutenberg Did for Liberty The Men Who Ask Questions How a Man Tried to Reach the East by Sailing West The New Home of Liberty A Boy Who Objected to Marrying His Brother's Widow The Man Who Can Do No Wrong The Boy Who Sung for His Breakfast What the Boy Who Sung for His Breakfast Saw in Rome The Boy-Cardinal The Boy-Emperor The Field of the Cloth of Gold The Men Who Obey Orders Plans That Did Not Come to Pass The Man Who Split the Church in Twain The Queen Who Burned Heretics How Liberty Began in France The Man Who Filled the World With Woe Progress of Liberty in England How the Pope Put Down the Heretics The Queen of the Scots St. Bartholomew How the "Beggars" Fought for Their Rights Why the Queen of Scotland Lost Her Head The Retribution That Followed Crime William Brewster and His Friends The Star of Empire The "Half-Moon" Strangers and Pilgrims

Author : Richard Price
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1776
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:N11671426

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Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty by Richard Price Pdf

Author : John Bona,Don Schanzenbach
Publisher : BroadStreet Publishing Group LLC
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781424552900

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The Liberty Book by John Bona,Don Schanzenbach Pdf

News reports bring to our ears daily stories of further intrusion in our lives and increased regulations too many to number. America is losing its heritage of God-given freedoms, which were originally derived from biblical teaching. We sense that our well-sung liberties are being lost to a point of no return. The Liberty Book examines the Christian roots of liberty, idolatry, taxation, foundations for freedom, the right to bear arms, the great freedom documents in history, pro-life and liberty, land rights, social involvement, and more. With God’s help freedom can be revived. We must all work to pull America back from the cliffs-edge fall into tyranny. Our nation is again in search of genuine liberty under God. Discover what Bible-based liberty looks like and how it can be won for you and your children.

Author : Paul Conton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1673548733

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The Price of Liberty by Paul Conton Pdf

Kwesi, a dashing young man, comes of age as his country, Sianga, achieves independence from the British. He is certain of a bright future. As the years pass he watches his dreams crumble even as he serves the very government he blames for the deterioration. Eventually he comes face to face with a terrible decision, one that will affect the entire African continent. "Easy to read, hard to put down." Commonwealth Writers Prize winner.

Author : William P. Murchison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Delaware
ISBN : OCLC:1290087816

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The Cost of Liberty by William P. Murchison Pdf

Author : Michael Skeen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 194596006X

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The Cost of Liberty by Michael Skeen Pdf

This is the continuation of the story of President T J Samuels and his Chief of Staff Don Ladner as their administration struggles with perils that threaten the very existence of the United States. In 'The Cost of Freedom' the duo had to deal with epidemics, terrorism, military and economic aggression, and an assassination attempt while still attempting to establish their office. In the end of 'The Cost of Freedom' Iran detonates nuclear weapons over the eastern portion of the U. S. causing massive power failures. In 'The Cost of Liberty' TJ and Don are separated as Russia, China, Iran, and the Islamic Caliphate have now teamed up and have started an all-out attack on the United States and her allies. The story follows as President Samuels leads the military to defeat the invaders and to restore liberty to our country.

Author : Paul Conton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : IND:30000039942168

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The Price of Liberty by Paul Conton Pdf

The story of a fictional West African country, Sianga. Starting in 1961, on the eve of independence, it traces the country's political development until it hosts the OAU conference in 1978. How long will ordinary Siangans such as Carl and Kwesi tolerate the deterioration of living standards?