American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good

The bestselling author of American Nations and Nations Apart examines the history of and solutions to the key American question: how best to reconcile individual liberty with the maintenance of a free society

The struggle between individual rights and the good of the community as a whole has been the basis of nearly every major disagreement in our history, from the debates at the Constitutional Convention and in the run up to the Civil War to the fights surrounding the agendas of the Federal...