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The Fight Is for Democracy: Winning the War of Ideas in America and the World.(Book Review)(Brief Article)

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| September 01, 2003 | Christensen, Bryce | COPYRIGHT 2003 American Library Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Ed. by George Packer. Sept. 2003, 304p. HarperPerennial, paper, $13.95 (0-060-53249-1). 320.973.

Because neither stealth bombers nor laser-guided munitions can well serve a nation that doesn't know what it is fighting for, liberal commentator Packer has assembled a small choir of voices to articulate the democratic vision that America must defend in the post-9/11 world. That vision, Packer insists in his introduction, must reflect values beyond the identity politics (race, gender, and sexual orientation) that have for too long balkanized American liberalism. That vision must renew the country's faith in its unifying ideals of ...

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