Reconstructing America: The Symbol of America in Modern Thought

For too many people, America has become the primary symbol of all that is grotesque, deadening, and oppressive. It is time, says Ceaser in this provocative book, to take America back, to reaffirm confidence in our principles, and to remind ourselves that the real America-as opposed to the symbolic one-has forged a system of liberal democratic government that has shaped the destiny of the modern world.