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While America Sleeps: A Wake-up Call For The Post-9/11 Era (2012)

by Russ Feingold(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0307952525 (ISBN13: 9780307952523)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Crown

review 1: This book read like a 300 page campaign speech, but still, it is hard to believe that Russ didn't get re-elected in 2010. He tells his personal story beginning at 9/11 through the present day and makes some really great points about our national security, our tactics in fighting the war on terror and about America's ignorance towards the rest of the world. He makes many shout-outs to Wisconsin, but it is easy to see that his eye is still on the national stage.
review 2: Former Senator Feingold discusses what happened in the aftermath of 9/11. Some of the hearings and votes he discusses add depth and context to some of the debates we are currently having on issues like the NSA. He emerges as such a principled individual, knowledgeable about world leaders and... more foreign policy, that it is hard to believe that Wisconsinites turned him out of office. He's one of the few who have left Washington and not gotten involved in the prosperous business of lobbying.His chapters on the rise of the Tea Party and the advent of incivility in his public listening sessions are particularly illuminating. After reading this, it's hard to believe anyone would want to go into public service and have to put up with the kind of rudeness he experienced from his constituents. One can only hope that he will return to public office soon, America needs individuals like him to counter the crazies and the self obsessed narcissists that seem to be flooding into Washington. less

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