TY - BOOK AU - Bolling,Eric TI - Wake up America: the nine virtues that made our nation great-and why we need them more than ever SN - 9781250112507 (hardcover) AV - 002 E 169.1 B692w 2016 U1 - 320.5 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - St. Martin's Press KW - National characteristics, American KW - Características nacionales estadounidenses KW - Conservatism KW - United States KW - History KW - Conservadurismo KW - Estados Unidos KW - Historia KW - Right and left (Political science) KW - Derecha e izquierda (Ciencias políticas) KW - Características nacionales N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index; Grit -- Profit -- Manliness -- Thrift -- Individuality -- Dominion -- Merit -- Pride -- Providence N2 - In Wake Up America, Eric Bolling celebrates nine core virtues—such as grit, merit, individualism, thrift, and national pride—and argues that these principles have played a foundational role in the strength and identity of the United States. He frames the book as a call to arms against what he views as the rising influence of socialism and political correctness in contemporary American culture. Bolling positions his message as a counterbalance to the ideologies advanced by figures like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders, advocating a return to traditional values he sees as central to the nation's greatness ER -