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Article: Usable past.(SHELF LIFE)(Book Review)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- June 6, 2005
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MEMORIAL DAY offers an occasion to get in touch with the mystic chords of American memory. An eloquent reminder of some key episodes is provided by acclaimed historian Neil Baldwin in The American Revelation: Ten Ideals That Shaped Our Country from the Puritans to the Cold War (St. Martin's, 253 pp., $24.95), which recounts episodes in which remarkable individuals put forward ideals that still have the power to motivate. Some of Baldwin's chapters cover well-known territory, such as Thomas Paine's Common Sense and George C. Marshall's Plan to rebuild Europe; others explore less familiar stories, like those of playwright Israel Zangwill (author of The Melting-Pot) and ...
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