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A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship is a 2007 compilation of foreign-policy speeches by Texas Congressman Ron Paul[1][2] to the U.S. House of Representatives over a 30-year period, published as an accompaniment to his campaign for the presidency of the United States in the 2008 election. The first edition includes a foreword by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. It is published by the Foundation for Rational Economics and Education of Lake Jackson, Texas.
Paul and the book were featured on a crowded Tonight Show on October 30, 2007, and host Jay Leno was able to get Paul to autograph his copy after the show.[3] By March 2008 it had sold "a brisk 37,000 copies".[4]
The cover depicts detail from the 1817 painting Declaration of Independence, by John Trumbull, "courtesy of Architect of the Capitol".
[edit] Contents
| Item |
Page |
Length |
| Foreword |
i |
4 |
| Introduction |
v |
2 |
| 1976 |
1 |
2 |
| 1980 |
3 |
2 |
| 1981 |
5 |
4 |
| 1982 |
9 |
12 |
| 1983 |
21 |
18 |
| 1984 |
39 |
18 |
| While out of Congress |
57 |
2 |
| 1997 |
59 |
8 |
| 1998 |
67 |
16 |
| 1999 |
83 |
46 |
| 2000 |
129 |
10 |
| 2001 |
139 |
46 |
| 2002 |
185 |
58 |
| 2003 |
243 |
38 |
| 2004 |
281 |
20 |
| 2005 |
301 |
42 |
| 2006 |
343 |
18 |
| Summary |
361 |
12 |
[edit] References
- ^ Kamen, Al. "Campaigning by the Book", Washington Post, 2007-08-10, p. A11. Retrieved on 2008-04-03.
- ^ Stearns, Matt. "Bookstores replete with books from campaign trail", News & Observer, McClatchy Newspapers, 2007-08-03. Retrieved on 2008-04-03.
- ^ Doherty, Brian. "Scenes from the Ron Paul Revolution: The rise of an eclectic anti-statist movement", Reason magazine, February 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-13.
- ^ Bruner, Jon. "The Battle for Hearts, Minds and Book Sales", Forbes, 2008-03-13. Retrieved on 2008-04-03.
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