I've only just cracked the cover of this book, but the tone and central thesis is made crystal clear from the opening sentence:
"Ideas matter. Perhaps no idea has mattered more in American history than the idea of freedom" to be followed shortly after by the words:
"Freedom defines what America is -- and it is now up for grabs. The radical right is in the process of redefining the very idea. To lose freedom is a terrible thing; to lose the idea of freedom is even worse."
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