00988cam a2200241 4500 1009021507 TxAuBib 20231012120000.0 720302s1972||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 78161636 9780060105846 0060105844 TxAuBib Burns, James MacGregor. Uncommon sense. [1st ed.]. New York : Harper & Row, [1972] xi, 196 p ; 23 cm. "In this stirring and thoughtful book, Burns seeks to determine why the American system has failed. Why did the U.S. permit racial injustice and poverty? Why did we embark on the Vietnam War and why did U.S. leadership lose its nerve?" - Amazon.com. 20231012. United States Politics and government 1945-1989. United States Social conditions 1945-