The triumph of liberty : a 2,000-year history, told through the lives of freedom's greatest champions /
Of humankind's great achievements over the past 2,000 years, one towers above all the rest: the arduous, painstaking process of wresting liberty from tyranny's iron fist. The Triumph of Liberty chronicles this, our most inspiring story, through sixty-five biographical portraits. From the m...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Free Press,
[2000]
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
| Summary: | Of humankind's great achievements over the past 2,000 years, one towers above all the rest: the arduous, painstaking process of wresting liberty from tyranny's iron fist. The Triumph of Liberty chronicles this, our most inspiring story, through sixty-five biographical portraits. From the millions of men and women whose struggles and successes have made freedom possible, Jim Powell has chosen a few talented, courageous individuals, and by weaving together their moving life-stories tells brilliantly the saga of liberty as a whole. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 574 pages ; 25 cm Also issued online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-552) and index. |
| ISBN: | 068485967X 9780684859675 |