A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America

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“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.

Infused with the intelligence, force, and firebrand style that has earned Senator Jim Webb enormous national attention from his earlest days in office, 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 who fought as a Marine in Iraq and, perhaps most important, a proud scion 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. "Has our political process become so compromised by powerful interest groups and the threat of character assassination that even the best among us will not dare to speak honestly about the solutions that might bring us back to common sense and fundamental fairness?"

Through vivid personal narratives of the struggles members of his family faced, and citing the courageous actions of presidents ranging from Andrew Jackson to Teddy Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower, 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.

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In A Time to Fight, Senator Jim Webb writes a summary of the current state of America, using his experience as a Marine, journalist, Secretary of the Navy, and Senator. His account brings up many follies of 21st-Century America, but it is not an entirely pessimistic book. Webb emphasizes the responsibility for all citizens to help the nation as a whole. A great read for anyone interested in current politics.

It was a bit boring for me. We discussed the book at my book club, the lady that had picked it was from Virgina, so she probably had an interest in it. The only other one that liked it was from Canada and enjoyed finding out how and what a Senator does in the US Senate.

P.S. Have spent 8 hours a day reading it,the first book to be read by me in 20 years(am a disabled Brit/vet) before which I was an avid reader.Have now got 10 books on the Ulster-Scots so will be reading for quite a while and I hope to start Jim Webb`s "A time to fight" tomorrow.My interest in the Ulster-Scots comes from having ancesters who left here(Londonderry) around 290 years ago,unfortunately all trace of them have gone. Gardiner Mitchell. I recommend this book to anyone in the U.S. who would have an interest in the history of their country.

Like others I had hopes for new ideas from this book and was disappointed. Sen. Webb's discussion and comments on the military and foreign policy were overall interesting and raise some questions, but much of the book (outside his auto-biographical discussions) is a rant against the Bush administration and promotion of traditional Democratic party positions. "Reclaiming a Fair and Just America" seems to be "restoring the policies of the Democratic party" or "reversing everything Bush".I'll recommend the book for the military and foreign policy discussions, with the usual caveat that he's writing from hindsight.

He had boxed while at Annapolis, fought in Vietnam and has written two nonfiction books with "fight" in the titles. What then we as Americans must do now. There's no doubt that Webb is a fine thinker/writer/warrior yet his first book as a politician is a bit premature. While Webb did not shy away from bashing CEOs for making oodles of money, he offered limited solutions. I will look for a more cogent political book from him down the road. Naturally, I was expecting new ideas for a national "fight" instead of a rehashing of Webb's exploits and observations as a Marine officer, journalist, world traveler and political appointee which I had read while skimming through his book about the Scots-Irish. Reagan yet his disgust at those who stood on the sidelines and protested the Vietnam War can still be felt.

Huh. Clearly Webb enjoys fighting. According to Webb in the final chapter, he wrote, "There are leaders among us.to that group I would say, quite simply, that your country needs you." He basically asked Americans to stay engaged in the politics of our country. Our country's problems have been well discussed and documented by everybody and anybody. He proudly disclosed his non affiliation with defense contractors despite serving in the DoD and as SecNav under Pres. Is that's all there is to the "fight."If you want to read a narrative that I believe is Webb's finest work, try his novel "A Country Such as This." That's the real Webb. The Democrats are fortunate to have Webb on their side.