Louis Hartz
Anti-Statism in America
In Defense of Conventional Wisdom
There are certain ideas so beyond the pale they cannot be publicly defended. You never see politicians arguing for child molestation or op-eds defending Hitler. But there is one particular idea so disdained, so monstrous, that it must be pulled out and flayed almost daily: conventional wisdom. READ MORE >>
America in Thick and Thin
Civic Ideals: Conflicting Views of Citizenship in U.S. History by Rogers M. Smith (Yale University Press, 719 pp., $35) READ MORE >>
The Democratic Temper
American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony By Samuel P. Huntington (Harvard University Press, 303 pp., $15) READ MORE >>