Come Home, America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country

<p>Perhaps no one is better equipped to analyze the current state of our democracy than legendary reporter William Greider. He has covered politics from the nation's capital for four decades -- for the <i>Washington Post</i>, <i>Rolling Stone</i>, and most recently <i>The Nation</i> -- and has earned a reputation as one of our most incisive, uncompromising truth-tellers and social critics. <br>In his bestseller <i>Who Will Tell the People</i>, Greider opened the American public's eyes to the hidden relationships that link politicians with corporations and the wealthy, often subverting the needs of ordinary citizens. Now, in <i>Come Home, America</i>, his first book on our democracy in years, Greider examines the impact of current American policy, revealing how our obsession with remaining &quot;Number One&quot; in the world has caused us to stray from the democratic values and ideals upon which our country was founded. <br>By examining the economic and political forces that have brought us to where we are today -- financial crisis, deepening indebtedness to other nations, the loss of productive assets and jobs, the militarization of U.S. foreign policy, and more -- Greider offers, in a powerful and conversational tone, clarity on the consequences and long-term implications of our national predicament. He then offers optimism that our young country can put aside its adolescent impulses and grow up so that we can &quot;come home&quot; to what is really important -- a return to our nation's core values and the freedom to create a better, more fulfilling society.</p>