3rd Edition

American Political Thought The Philosophic Dimension of American Statesmanship

By Morton Grodzins Copyright 2011
470 Pages
by Routledge

467 Pages
by Routledge

467 Pages
by Routledge

This book focuses on the political thought of American statesmen. These statesmen have had consistent and comprehensive views of the good of the country and their actions have been informed by those views. The editors argue that political life in America has been punctuated by three great crises in its history—the crisis of the Founding, the crisis of the House Divided, and the crisis of the... Read more
Preface to the Transaction Edition Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Morton J. Frisch: A Tribute INTRODUCTION / Morton J. Frisch / Richard G. Stevens GEORGE WASHINGTON / Matthew Spalding THOMAS JEFFERSON / Harvey C. Mansfi eld, Jr. ALEXANDER HAMILTON / Mackubin Thomas Owens THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION: TOWARD A MORE PERFECT UNION / Herbert J. Storing (edited by Murray Dry) THE FEDERALIST / Martin Diamond JOHN MARSHALL / Robert K. Faulkner JOSEPH STORY / Peter Schotten JOHN C. CALHOUN / Ralph Lerner ROGER TANEY / Kenneth M. Holland ABRAHAM LINCOLN / Harry V. Jaffa FREDERICK DOUGLASS / Herbert J. Storing ELIHU ROOT / William A. Schambra WOODROW WILSON / Harry M. Clor OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR. / Walter Berns FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT / Morton J. Frisch FELIX FRANKFURTER / Richard G. Stevens DEAN ACHESON / Jeffrey Salmon CONTRIBUTORs

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