Losing our way : an intimate portrait of a troubled America / Bob Herbert.

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    • Publication Information:
      First edition.
    • Abstract:
      Summary: "In a searing indictment of America's decline, former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert profiles struggling Americans--casualties of decades of government policies that have produced underemployment, inequality, and pointless wars--and offers a ringing call to arms to restore justice and the American dream"-- Provided by publisher.
    • Content Notes:
      Falling apart -- Falling apart II -- Jobs and the middle class -- War and its aftermath -- Understating the costs of war -- Poverty and inequality -- The public schools -- Poverty and public education -- War's madness runs deep -- Hurricane Sandy and other disasters -- Cashing in on schools -- Mistreating the troops -- Epilogue: looking ahead.
    • Notes:
      Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-283).
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    • ISBN:
      9780385528238 :
    • Accession Number:
      2014022729
    • Accession Number:
      881875895
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.571467