
The Pendulum of Politics
Today's Politics from Yesterday's History
Craig Parkinson(Author)
AuthorHouse (Publisher)
Published on 23. February 2011
Book
Hardback
172 pages
978-1-4567-1921-0 (ISBN)
Description
Random Contents:
Common Sense, Manifest Destiny, Pig War, Newberg Conspiracy, Nullification Theory,
Patrick Henry, Palin's Future, Global Economy, Isolationism, Alexis de Tocqueville,
Line Item Veto, Laissez Faire, Manifest Destiny, Baseball, Petticoat Affair,
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Electoral College, Haymarket Riot, Term Limits, Uncle Sam
Alexander Hamilton, Ground Zero, John C. Calhoun, Pledge to America,
Martin Van Buren, KKK, John Dickinson, Thomas Nast, Parliament, Teddy Bear,
James Otis, Immigration, Silent Cal, Gulf of Tonkin, Nathan Hale, Corrupt Bargain, Recall, Ben Franklin, Slavery, Watergate, Paul Revere, Muslims, Emancipation Proclamation, John Marshall, Nisei, Tea Party, Domino Theory, Aaron Burr, Prayer in School, Robert E. Lee, Robber Barons, Checks and Balances, Great Society, Outsourcing, Know Nothing Party, Thomas Paine, Tariff of Abominations, Frances Perkins, Bleeding Kansas, Tippecanoe, Dixiecrats, Andrew Carnegie, Reaganomics, Little Rock, John Brown, Bracero Program, Victory Gardens, Eli Whitney, al-Qaeda, SAC, Isolationism, Jefferson Davis, Square Deal, Herbert Hoover, Patriot Act, Confederation, Federalism.
After reading the random contents one can see the variety of the topics covered. I conclude the book with 5 major recommendations for the improvement of American politics. Read these and decide if they would also be yours. Read the rankings of the Presidents as for their beliefs and actions in Federalism or Confederation.
What do you think was the biggest waste of time, the invention that most changed mankind, the worst vote in History, the worst legislation, the most important message, the most patriotic American, the biggest question in History, the simplest invention that caused the biggest change, the biggest question in American history and the biggest mistake that turned out to be the greatest fortune for the United States and who was the first to use the phrase the United States of America.
Alexis de Tocqueville said," The will of the nation is one of those phrases which have been most largely abused by the wily and the despotic of every age."
So do we govern by elections or by opinion polls? Read the book to find out.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington
United States
Product notice
With printed dust jacket
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
423 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4567-1921-0 (9781456719210)
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