{"product_id":"america-ascendant-dennis-m-spragg-9781640121430","title":"America Ascendant: The Rise of American Exceptionalism","description":"\u003ci\u003eAmerica Ascendant\u003c\/i\u003e vividly portrays the global crisis that brought the media and the government into an alliance that changed the course of American and world history. President Franklin D. Roosevelt organized an extraordinary partnership between the U.S. government and America's media outlets to communicate to the reluctant and isolationist American public the nature of the threat that World War II posed to the nation and the world. The coalition's aim was to promote the concept of American exceptionalism and use it to galvanize the public for the government's cause. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerica Ascendant\u003c\/i\u003e details the efforts of many prominent individuals and officials to harness the collective energy of the nation and guide the United States throughout World War II then describes its aftermath and the Cold War period. Dennis M. Spragg demonstrates how the news and entertainment of American broadcasters such as David Sarnoff, William Paley, and Elmer Davis helped rally the American people to fashion a new liberal democratic order to stop the global spread of Communism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This media-government alliance, however, was not achieved without difficulty. Spragg highlights the competing visions and personalities that clashed, as media and government leaders tried to develop the paradigm that ultimately shifted American cultural and political thought. Throughout this searching history he sheds light on the underappreciated coordination between the media and the government to establish a liberal democratic world order and demonstrates why American exceptionalism still matters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dennis M. Spragg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1640121439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640121430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Potomac Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.50d","brand":"Dennis M. Spragg","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43937071661311,"sku":"9781640121430","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_26501faa-b02c-4d94-abb9-1abec08a0185.jpg?v=1681428061","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/america-ascendant-dennis-m-spragg-9781640121430","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}