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John P. Avlon is a columnist for The New York Sun and a former head speechwriter for ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Avlon’s essay, “The Resilient City,” appeared in a prestigious collection of writing about the City of New York entitled Empire City, published by Columbia University Press. The anthology brought together writings from such illustrious authors as O. Henry and Henry Hudson to F. Scott Fitzgerald and James Baldwin. Avlon's first book, Independent Nation, was published by Harmony Books in 2004.
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Independent Nation
by John P. Avlon
John P. Avlon, New York Sun columnist and former chief speechwriter for Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, charts America's steady progress toward Centrist politics, from the Theodore Roosevelt era to George W. Bush's campaign as a "compassionate conservative."
Independent Nation documents the rich history of the defining political movement of our time. In the tradition of Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s classic The Vital Center and organized as a series of short political biographies in the style of John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage, it offers an insightful and engaging analysis of the successes and failures of key Centrist leaders throughout the 20th century. In the process, it demonstrates that Centrism is not only a winning political strategy but an enlightened philosophy that best reflects the will of the people by putting patriotism ahead of partisanship and national interest ahead of special interests.
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