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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: America has long been split between the competing forces of hope and fear.
Chapter 3: Founded on noble ideals of happiness, freedom, and equality, America’s political system advances only through deliberate, often slow compromise.
Chapter 4: After the Civil War, Southern resistance persisted as the federal government failed to fully enforce authority.
Chapter 5: Hope and progress flourished under Theodore Roosevelt, who truly championed America as a melting pot.
Chapter 6: Fear curtailed freedoms, aiding Ku Klux Klan expansion across America in the early twentieth century.
Chapter 7: Franklin Roosevelt lifted national hope during the Great Depression, yet he, too, proved vulnerable to fear at times.
Chapter 8: Fear propelled the dark period that built momentum toward the notorious McCarthy hearings.
Chapter 9: After John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Lyndon Johnson rallied leaders to secure passage of the Civil Rights Act.
Chapter 10: Here are five ways to resist fear and embrace your better angels.
Description
The Soul of America (2018) takes readers on an enlightening tour of America’s tumultuous past. From the final moments of the Civil War to the long overdue civil rights and voting legislation of the 1960s, the book reveals the United States for what it has always been: a nation of deep and lasting conflict. By looking to America’s past, we can see both where today’s political divides stem from and why the nation will likely be able to persevere.
Who Should Listen
- Readers eager for perspective on current events
- Students of history and politics
- Fans of historical insight