Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime & FREE Returns

FREE delivery: Oct 3 - 5 on orders over $25.00 shipped by Amazon. Details

Fastest delivery: Sep 27 - 29

In stock soon.
Order it now.

$$24.95 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details

Secure transaction

Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.

Return policy: This item is returnable

Add a gift receipt for easy returns

FREE delivery: Sep 15 - 21

Fastest delivery: Sep 9 - 13

Used: Good | Details

Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno

Share

Other Sellers on Amazon

$36.77
& FREE Shipping

Sold by: californiabooks

Flip to back Flip to front

Listen Playing... Paused You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more

See all 2 images

Silent America: Essays from a Democracy at War Paperback – November 11, 2004

by Bill Whittle (Author)

38 ratings

See all formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Hardcover

"Please retry"

$97.38

—

$97.38

Paperback

"Please retry"

$24.95

$3.50

From the pages of Eject! Eject! Eject!, one of the most influential of the new-media weblogs -- or "blogs" -- comes a book of essays that captures the American heartbeat. SILENT AMERICA: ESSAYS FROM A DEMOCRACY AT WAR has been read by hundreds of thousands of people online. Now you can own the collection that has been called "required reading for every high school and college in America." HONOR. EMPIRE. STRENGTH. MAGIC. HISTORY. FREEDOM... fourteen powerful essays on the American spirit. Join the thousands who have laughed, and cried, and who have found in SILENT AMERICA the words they have been searching for to describe the wonder and pride they feel for America.

Print length

304 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Aurora Aerospace, Inc
Publication date

November 11, 2004
Dimensions

6 x 0.68 x 9 inches
ISBN-10

0976405903
ISBN-13

978-0976405900
See all details

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Aurora Aerospace, Inc (November 11, 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0976405903
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0976405900
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.68 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #663,368 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,265 in Democracy (Books)
- #9,241 in International & World Politics (Books)

Customer Reviews:
38 ratings

Customer reviews

5 star		84%
4 star		5%
3 star		11%
2 star 0% (0%)		0%
1 star 0% (0%)		0%

How are ratings calculated?

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Amazon Customer

I hear a new voice rising, with timeless words and true ...

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2010

Verified Purchase

Bill Whittle is emerging as the voice of sanity and the advocate of the Spirit of America. These essays first appeared on his website; now they are collected for easy reading, even as he has turned to video essays for his newest work. (Search for "afterburner Whittle" and "firewall Whittle").

We are surrounded by voices which mock the values such as responsibility and confidence, which call upon America to be small and submissive, which could almost convince us that we should be ashamed of our greatest deeds and reject the civilization and values our fathers gave us.

Through this rancorous miamsa strides a radiant figure: a knight of rhetoric, a champion of patriotism, a captain of common sense and true history. He reminds us of the good things from which we spring, the strength we are forgetting, and the courage, wisdom, and virtue slowly being hidden from us in the choking smog of lies, deconstruction, and indoctrination which assails us daily. His name is Bill Whittle, and his weapons are clarity, good sense, and the resolve to never sacrifice truth and honor before the idols of political correctness.

Whittle's first essay, Honor, begins with his father's burial at Arlington National Cemetery. In this simple, universal experience Whittle finds a profound and unique cause of America's greatness.

The essays that follow are devestating counterattacks on the negativists, the put-America-down pundits, and the moral termites that would have us lose sight just how much we have achieved, and how much we--and the world--have to lose if we give up on America's greatness.

Here are the answers to those who insist that we could only have achieved prosperity by theft from others, that we seek an empire, that our very footprints are a gangrenous wound on the body of humanity. Here is a trumpet calling us to be great as we have always been great: by being good, by responsibility, sacrifice, ingenuity, and yes, by the prosperity that these virtues bring. And most of all, by seeing and knowing the truth.

8 people found this helpful

Helpful

Geoff Puterbaugh

Very interesting and thought-provoking

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2010

Verified Purchase

Bill Whittle is a man I'm keeping my eye on. As far as I know, he was virtually unknown 3-4 years ago, and then he was a leading light on Pajamas TV (PJTV), an Internet "TV station" worth looking into. He had his own series called "Afterburner," and also took part in "Trifecta." He now works independently, and has his own YouTube channel, "Firewall," where he continues his unusually clear and compelling discussions about what this country is all about.

What is surprising about this "man who came from nowhere" is his gift with words and ideas. The current book, "Silent America," might be regarded as Bill Whittle "warming up," as he was with his excellent blog, "Eject! Eject! Eject!"

Although he seems to be at his peak while speaking (rather than writing), the man is extremely talented, and this book may be compared with Lee Harris's The Next American Civil War: The Populist Revolt against the Liberal Elite . Unless I miss my guess badly, Bill Whittle is on the other side of the question Harris brings up: Bill speaks at Tea Party events and is a staunch advocate of limited government and entrepreneurial freedom. Another thing that is extremely obvious (it drips from the pages of "Silent America") is his deep love of his country and his countrymen, as well as his fierce gratitude to the American soldiers who have saved our country so many times, at incredible cost. (I don't notice this so much with Lee Harris and his devotion to his "meritocracy;" frankly, I didn't notice it at all.)

So, if you're wondering what this "Tea Party" thing is all about, and you suspect that the mainstream news media are not exactly giving us an unbiased account of it (they spent months pretending it didn't exist, and then they tried to brand the "Teabaggers" as racist), here are the facts, from the horse's mouth. Bill Whittle loves his country, he wants to make sure that we are going after Islamic jihadis with everything it takes, he is a totally unapologetic defender of our removal of Saddam Hussein. If you read this book, and watch some of the programs on PJTV, you'll get all the information you need --- direct.

I would note that Bill's rhetorical gifts are sometimes amazing. He even says that the things that he writes do not come "from him" but "through him." He notes Shelby Foote's remark about Lincoln during the Civil War, when Lincoln began finding his true voice: "And that Lincoln music began to sound." He compares that "Lincoln music" with some of Ronald Reagan's finer moments. (Amusingly enough, Whittle began with a strong dislike of Reagan, just as I did, and we've both been kicking ourselves ever since! :-) ) Another name that leaps to the mind is of course, Winston Churchill. That "Churchill music" played a huge part in the final Allied victory in World War II.

And now we have "Whittle music." At least he speaks more directly and movingly to me (and many others) than any politician currently in sight.

This book is well worth your time and money.

6 people found this helpful

Helpful

Tio

Buy 2. Bill Whittle understands the Human Condition and encapsulates the American Spirit in ways that are far too rare to miss.

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2018

Verified Purchase

If you are looking at this book, I'll save you the time. Buy it, and another one for the person you'll inevitably tell to read it too because you won't want to give them your copy.

Bill Whittle is a Force for Reason, Freedom, Common Sense, and is one of the great ambassadors of the American Spirit in the world today. Silent America is where a lot of this started.

Start from the beginning and bring someone with you.

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

A. Atkinson

A MUST READ

Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2013

Verified Purchase

Bill Whittle, master historian, knows how to slice through all the political rubbish and reveal things as they really are. That is something incredibly unique in our present day. Thanks Bill! You have inspired me as I haven't been inspired since 1993. This was the end of my magical high school years that 8 years of subsequent university utterly quashed.

This book is a must read for anyone brave enough to face stark reality and then rebuild starting from a solid foundation of what is actually real. (i.e. it's not the drivel drilled into you by the bitter elite who "teach" because they couldn't do).

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Christine Chase

I would love to ask Mr

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2017

Verified Purchase

These essays are classics, and helped form a lot of my thinking back in the 2000s. I would love to ask Mr. Whittle, someday, if he's learned anything since writing these originally that changes his perspective on anything written here-- I think the answer, whatever it is, would be just as fascinating and engaging as the essays in this original. This book should be a part of everybody's library.

Helpful

J. W. Odom

Bill Whittle manages to articulate not only what I'm thinking ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2016

Verified Purchase

Bill Whittle manages to articulate not only what I'm thinking, but have trouble putting into words, but he also makes me think. I am very grateful as well for his YouTube videos which give me ammunition for expressing my point of view. Bill Whittle rocks!

Helpful

Buy new: $24.95 FREE delivery: Oct 3 - 5 on orders over $25.00 shipped by Amazon. Ships from: Amazon.com Sold by: Amazon.com

Buy used: $7.48

Other Sellers on Amazon

Silent America: Essays from a Democracy at War Paperback – November 11, 2004

Product details

Customer reviews

Reviews with images

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Buy new:

$24.95

FREE delivery: Oct 3 - 5 on orders over $25.00 shipped by Amazon.

Ships from: Amazon.com

Sold by: Amazon.com

Buy used:

$7.48