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THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES: Knowing the Enemy, Speaking the Truth, & Choosing to Win the War Against Radical Islam by William J. Bennett & Seth Leibsohn Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2011 ISBN: 9781595550293 Reviewed from copy provided by BookSneeze . As Bennett and Leibsohn show, America is on the verge of declaring preemptive cultural surrender in the war on terror. "The Fight of Our Lives" will reinvigorate the discussion, reframe the debate, challenge the quitters, and embolden those who wish to win the war on terror. The authors begin with the terror attacks committed by Dr. Nidal Hasan at Fort Hood on November 5, 2009.  Using this event and the actions of President's Bush and Obama as background, Bennett & Leibsohn set out to prove that we, as Americans, have lost the will to fight terrorism. They state: "If September 11 were not a strong enough wake-up call to the terrorist threat against us, if all the other attacks and attempted attacks f...

December 1941: The Month That Changed America and Saved the World written by Craig Shirley Nelson, Thomas, Inc. 2011 ISBN13: 9781595554574 656 p. Grades 9 and up Reviewed from e-book copy provided by BookSneeze for free. All opinions expressed are solely my own. Book provided for honest review. BLURB : December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World traces, day-by-day, the most important 31 days in the history of America's participation in WWII, which snuffed out the lives of millions and changed history forever.        From December 1, 1941, until the morning of December 7, 1941, America was at peace and-with the exception of the stubborn and persistent high unemployment of the Great Depression-was a relatively happy country.  By the afternoon of the December 7 attack on Pearl Harbor, America was a radically changed country, forever. Its isolationist impulses evaporated, and both major political parties became more or...