The America-The Last Best Hope (One-Volume Edition)

<p><strong>A single-volume edition of William J. Bennett's bestselling series thoroughly revised and updated.</strong></p><p><em>The role of history is to inform inspire and sometimes provoke us which is why Bill Bennett's wonderfully readable book is so important. </em>--Walter Isaacson</p><p>A decade ago William J. Bennett published a magisterial three-volume account of our nation's history. Now Bennett returns to that bestselling trilogy revising and condensing his epic tale into one volume a page-turning narrative of our exceptional nation. In Bennett's signature gripping prose Washington Franklin Lincoln Roosevelt Reagan and others reemerge not as marble icons or dust-dry names in a textbook but as full-blooded heroic pioneers whose far-reaching vision forged a nation that attracted and still attracts millions yearning to breathe free.</p><p>In this riveting volume Bennett covers America's greatest moments in breath-taking detail: </p><ul><li>from the heroism of the Revolution to the dire hours of the Civil War </li><li>from the progressive reforms of the early 1900s to the civil rights reforms of the 1960s </li><li>from the high drama of the Space Race to the gut-wrenching tension of the Cold War </li><li>from the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of global Communism to the attacks of 9-11 and the war on terror.</li></ul><p> </p><p>William J. Bennett captures the players personalities and pivotal moments of American history with piercing insight and unrelenting optimism. In this gripping tale of a nation the story of what Lincoln referred to as the last best hope of earth comes alive in all its drama and personality.</p>