Placed within the context of contemporary debates over the role of virtue and religion in early American political discourse, this introductory text continues to examine the moral, political, and constitutional theories of the Founding Fathers.
This book ties together a number of loose ends brought out by various studies of the modern syndrome of totalitarianism. There have been a number of important, in- depth contributions to the study by such luminaries as Talmon, Brezinski, and Arendt.