Liberty's Best Hope: American Leadership for the 21st Century

by Kim R. Holmes

Book Overview

Liberty's Best Hope challenges America to reclaim its role as a global leader and purveyor of freedom. Dr. Holmes examines not only threats we face throughout the world, but the ideological battles... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891952780
• ISBN13: 9780891952787
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: The Heritage Foundation
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A must-read for all

The world is in crisis; will America once again take the lead? According to Dr. Kim Holmes, the answer is a resounding yes. In his beautifully formatted book, both detailed and insightful, Dr. Holmes lays out the course that must be taken for America to reassert herself globally. Liberty's Best Hope: American Leadership for the 21st Century provides a refreshing and much-needed view of America's role in the world both now and in the future. As anti-American sentiment runs rampant throughout the world, and especially in university classrooms, Dr. Holmes presents America as she truly is; a strong, free, and peace-loving nation whose leadership is crucial in these uncertain times. The America that Dr. Holmes presents in his book hearkens back to Reagan's "shining city upon a hill," a place of innate goodness and a moral compass for the rest of the world. Dr. Holmes guides America smoothly into the future by providing decisive answers to some of today's most demanding questions. A thorough roadmap is provided for America's interaction with her allies, the war against Islamic extremists, the struggle to reform international organizations, the threat of nuclear proliferation, and the universal assault on American values and actions. Dr. Holmes offers fresh approaches to solving the challenges that face America, such as creating a "Global Freedom Alliance," and he does not ignore America's domestic problems, as he calls for the country to "get its own house in order." Most importantly, Dr. Holmes identifies American leadership as key to the preservation of liberty. This book will appeal to anyone who is interested in America's welfare and what she must do to maintain her greatness. America is under attack like never before in her history, and Dr. Holmes provides, in encyclopedic detail, the missteps that America has taken and ways for her to right the course. Dr. Holmes' view of America as a kind and compassionate country is not compromised by the assertive approach he believes America must take to combat the many threats she faces. Liberty's Best Hope should be required reading for all Americans and all those who believe in America's ability to lead the free world. Dr. Holmes' words will reinvigorate America's image and make people think twice before doubting her inherent goodness and immense influence.

Fantastic Read - Highly Recommend

With the upcoming Presidential election just months away, war facing the nation on numerous fronts, and rampant media accounts of economic instability continually confronting the populace, there could not have come a better time for Kim Holmes to release this groundbreaking work. Liberty's Best Hope is a testament to the domestic and foreign policy legacy left behind by Ronald Reagan, and shows how we can relive the standard set forth by our most innovative predecessors to transcend our present challenges. Through a mix of historical and policy analysis, Kim Holmes does an excellent job of showing where our present problems stem from, and the most efficient, direct, and immediate course of action policy makers can take to confront them. Issues such as anti-Americanism, our "faltering security bargain with Europe", the lack of foreign allied persistence in the War on Terror, and confusion and intrusion caused by international laws, are not presented by Holmes as eternal problems, but rather as challenges that must, and can, be effectively solved given the appropriate mix of political will and strategy. What is exceptional about Liberty's Best Hope, is that Holmes clearly did not fall into the trap of discussing only the most hot-button, presently relevant issues in the interest of selling books. Rather, he mixes current events as well as long-standing challenges to construct an analysis that is beneficial and relevant to anyone that cares about the future of the country. Holmes not only takes the reader around the world in cataloging our various challenges and proposing innovative solutions, but also into the classroom, the border, and the energy and financial markets. In facing such a breadth of issues, theoretical subjects like America's evolving national identity are discussed alongside the dynamics of hard issues like free trade and missile defense. Regardless of whether philosophical or physical threats are presented, Holmes always provides straightforward, sensible answers to how best proceed in distinguishing flames, whether they are wildfires or minor sparks on the horizon. In contrast to similarly published material, Liberty's Best Hope is not merely a rallying cry to a support base, nor a justification for previously existing policies and actions already undertaken. Holmes clearly shows a genuine devotion to this nation and a concern for her future. His book implores each and very American to expect more from their government and themselves not just in defending liberty abroad, but also in ideological and tangible struggles at home. Holmes' blueprint for the future requires a nation that foresees threats as they emerge and takes effective, practical action in diffusing them. Liberty's Best Hope is written for anyone who loves America and seeks a prescription to the ills that could harm her. Holmes' effective writing style can be easily understood and appreciated by any American, and the means by which he frames his arguments provid