{"product_id":"an-affirming-flame-meditations-on-life-and-politics-hardcover","title":"An Affirming Flame: Meditations on Life and Politics - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoger Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"For more than forty years Roger Cohen has ventured to every corner of the earth to chronicle the great upheavals of our age, but he's never lost sight of what really matters: love, hope, and all the mysteries of the human heart. Here, in this collection of columns that will take you from the streets of Kyiv to an execution chamber in Alabama, you can read him at his best.\"--Dexter Filkins, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Forever War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA collection of the finest \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e columns written by Roger Cohen over more than a decade, accompanied by an original, twenty-thousand-word essay on the state of the world \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe countless readers who followed Roger Cohen's column and mourned its end responded above all to what they saw as the marriage in his writing of head and heart. That tenor permeates \u003ci\u003eAn Affirming Flame.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring his twelve years as a columnist, Cohen aimed to hold power to account at home and abroad, in the name of freedom, decency, pluralism, and the importance of truth and dissent in open societies. He watched with alarm as the outside threat of 9\/11 morphed into the internal threat of January 6. This time, the assailants were not jihadi terrorists; they were American white supremacists and seditionists convinced of American decadence but unable to see that they personified it. The threat to American democracy is clear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCohen dissects this ominous American fracture. He explores themes of displacement, belonging, and his own imperiled craft of journalism. His examination of the rising tide of authoritarian rule takes him to China, and in Kyiv he sees the devastating impact of Vladimir Putin's Russian nationalism. With its trenchant consideration of the plight of refugees, COVID-19, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the war in Afghanistan, Cohen's writing reflects his belief in the unquenchable human quest for dignity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe captures the fight to defend America's openness, democratic institutions, and ideals against the rising tide of retrogression, division, and assault on truth. This struggle, as Cohen writes, is also the world's. It is inseparable from the battle to save humanity from the creeping autocracy of the twenty-first century. As he writes, \"On lies is tyranny built.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eROGER COHEN is the Paris bureau chief and a former op-ed columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e where he began working in 1990. He has also worked for the \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003es as bureau chief in Berlin and in the Balkans, where he covered the Bosnian war and received the Eric and Amy Burger Award from the Overseas Press Club of America. His columns twice won the Society of Publishers in Asia's Excellence in Opinion Writing Award. He was named foreign editor the day before 9\/11 and oversaw Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the aftermath of the attack. He has also worked as a foreign correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and Reuters. In 2021, he received the Légion d'Honneur from the French Republic--France's highest order of merit--for his work over four decades. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Girl from Human Street, Soldiers and Slaves, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHearts Grown Brutal.\u003c\/i\u003e Born in Britain to South African parents, he is a naturalized American. He lives in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.3 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766029484320,"sku":"9780593321522","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e034d6c2f50075f5c46959050ac2e8fa.webp?v=1780284382","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/an-affirming-flame-meditations-on-life-and-politics-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}