Representative American speeches, 2010-2011 / edited by Brian Boucher.

Contributor Boucher, Brian.

Imprint:Ipswich, MA : H. W. Wilson, 2011.

Descriptionix, 191 p. ; 25 cm.

Note:Includes index.

Note:I. THE ARAB SPRING: THE UNITED STATES AND THE MIDDLE EAST: "Foreign policy must be about priorities" / Richard N. Haass -- A renewed sense of the possibility of change: the peoples of Central Asia respond to the Arab Spring / Paul A. Goble -- Remarks on the Middle East and North Africa / Barack Obama -- Denying terrorist safe havens: homeland security efforst to counter threats from Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia / Daniel L. Byman.

Note:II. THE RISE OF CHINA: The Future of power / Joseph S. Nye, Jr. -- New interest groups in Chinese foreign policy / Erica S. Downs -- Consequential China: U.S.-China relations in a time of transition / Franklin Lavin -- America's challenge / Martin Feldstein.

Note:III. POLITICAL PARTISANSHIP AFTER TUCSON: "This is a time to make peace in America" / Raul M. Grijalva -- "The hopes of a nation are here tonight" / Barak Obama -- "It's time to do the big things" / Chris Christie -- "If we don't believe in Americans, who will?" / Mitch Daniels.

Note:IV. GOVERNMENT SECRECY AFTER WIKILEAKS: "Let the eyes of vigilance never be closed" / Ron Paul -- Secrecy in our open society / Gabriel Schoenfeld -- Dissecting the "WikiMyths" / Thomas Blanton.

Note:V. FEMINISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY: Seattle Inspire Luncheon: keynote address / Gloria Steinem -- Reinventing feminism / Courtney Martin -- New data on the rise of women / Hannah Rosin -- Feminism has become a hot topic / Phyllis Schlafly.

Note:VI. THE AMERICAN FOOD SYSTEM: How I fell in love with a fish / Dan Barber -- Ending hunger: the people and Congress / David Beckmann -- Anxiety, allure, and the meanings of industrial eating / Aaron Bobrow-Strain -- Innovation in American agriculture, sustainable solutions to help feed the world / Tom Vilsack.

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