Lynn Atwell

What Was the American Dream? Lynn Atwell

America-The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave; The Bastian of Liberty in the midst of a world that is filled with oppression; The Symbol of Democracy to those who are ruled by tyranny. Who amongst the people of this nation and the world did not once believe these words; and who did not also believe that America once stood for the right? Now, many people of the world view America as the oppressor; many are skeptical of its true intentions towards the rest of the nations; and many view America as being hypocritical, having betrayed those values which it once held dear. Many of America's own people have come to distrust their government, and have prepared to defend themselves against what they perceive as a very real threat to their liberty. Has America changed its principals? What was the American Dream that led so many people to this land? What were the foundations upon which this nation was founded? And, has America wandered so far from its ideology that we have become that from which our forefathers fled? This short book calls for an examination of modern day America, and what must be done to restore its once sacred heritage.