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And That John F. Kennedy Uttered The First Variation Of "ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You" In Detroit On Labor Day In 1960. So Detroit Was Really Central To Democratic Politics United States. Every Democratic Candidate Would Start Their Fall Campaigns In Cadillac Square.

I Look For Two Things When I Am About To Launch Into A Book. First, There Has To Be A Dramatic Arc To The Story Itself That Will Carry Me, And The Reader, From Beginning To End. Second, The Story Has To Weave Through Larger Themes That Can Illuminate The World Of The Subject.

There Was A Precarious Balance During Those Crucial Months Between Composition And Decomposition - What The World Gained And What A Great City Lost. Even Then, Some Part Of Detroit Was Dying, And That Is Where The Story Begins.

It Is?classic Bill Clinton, Sincere And Deceptive At The Same Time, Requiring A Careful Reading Between The Lines.

Well, There Is Something Beautiful About Ruins. I Mean, In One Sense It's Not That Different From Going To Rome And Looking At The Forum. But It's Changing. It Truly Is. I'm Optimistic But Skeptical.