A Time to Fight; Reclaiming a Fair and Just America

New York: Broadway Books, 2008. First edition. First Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. xiii, [1], 255, [3] p. Signed by author. Inscribed on title page. DJ has slight wear and soiling. From Wikipedia: "James Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr. (born February 9, 1946) was a United States Senator from Virginia from 2007 to 2013. He is an author and served as Secretary of the Navy from 1987 to 1988. A 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Webb served as a Marine Corps infantry officer until 1972, and is a decorated Vietnam War combat veteran. Webb served as the first Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, then as Secretary of the Navy. Webb won the 2006 Virginia Senate race. On his sixty-fifth birthday, he announced that he would not seek re-election in 2012, saying that he wanted to return to the private sector. Webb is also an author of many books, stating that "I've written for a living all my life, so writing is as much a part of me as working out." Webb stated publicly that he is considering seeking the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016." Senator James Webb has stated: "I'm the only person in the history of Virginia elected to statewide office with a Union card, two Purple Hearts, and three tattoos."Jim Webb-the bestselling author and now the celebrated, outspoken U.S. Senator from Virginia-presents a clear-eyed, hard-hitting plan of attack for putting government to work for the people, rather than special interests, and for restoring the country's standing around the world.A Time to Fight offers a thorough and provocative assessment of the thorniest issues Americans face today, along with cogent solutions drawn from Webb's lifetime of experience as a much-decorated Marine, a widely traveled, award-winning journalist and novelist, a highly placed member of the Reagan administration, a Senator with a son in the Marine Corps who fought in Iraq and, perhaps most important, a proud product of America's vast but frequently ignored working class. Webb exposes how America has entered a dangerous, unprecedented cycle of seemingly unsolvable unknowns. Our economic policies, particularly in this age of globalization, have produced widely divergent results leading to a country calcifying along class lines. Our demographic makeup has been altered dramatically and is set to keep on changing, through both legal and illegal immigration. Our editorialists and politicians talk about the American dream, and some urge us to bring democracy to the rest of the world. But more than two million Americans are now in prison, by far the highest incarceration rate in the so-called advanced world. Our foreign policy is confused, without clear direction; increasingly vulnerable to such largely unexamined long-term threats as China's emerging power while it has become bogged down in the never-ending struggles of the Middle East. As this drift toward societal regression has taken place, America's leadership has largely been paralyzed, unable or unwilling to stop the slide. "Where are the leaders?" Webb asks. A Time to Fight provides specific, viable ideas for restoring fairness to our economic system, correcting the direction of national security efforts, ending America's military occupation of Iraq, and developing greater government accountability. Webb brings a fresh perspective to political dynamics that have shaped our country. His stirring, populist manifesto calls upon voters to make the choices that will change America for the better in this election season.