The Idea That Is America Keeping Faith with Our Values in a Dangerous World

A leading voice in global affairs calls us back to America's founding principles--and shows how they can guide us forward into the twenty-first century



What values does America truly stand for? In The Idea That Is America , a preeminent foreign policy scholar elegantly reminds us of the essential principles on which our nation was established: liberty, democracy, equality, tolerance, faith, justice, and humility. Our ongoing struggle to live up to America's great promise matters not only to us, but also to the billions of people everywhere who look to the United States to lead, protect, and inspire the world. In The Idea That Is America , Anne-Marie Slaughter shows us the way forward.