Passion Power and the Republic an Incomplete Revolution Back

By Darna Abalos

Passion, Power, and the Republic: An Incomplete Revolution explores the volatile forces that gave birth to American democracy-and the unresolved struggle to preserve it.

From its earliest days, the United States was an experiment unlike any other: a revolution driven not by class warfare or mob rule, but by a radical faith in liberty restrained by law. Yet that balance between passion and power has always been fragile. Drawing on history, constitutional theory, political philosophy, and cultural insight, this book traces how the American Revolution sought to channel popular anger into a durable republic-and why that project remains unfinished.

As the nation confronts rapid technological change, economic disruption, and renewed assaults on constitutional norms, old questions have returned with new urgency. How much power can a free people safely grant their government? When does reform become coercion? And can a republic founded on restraint survive an age defined by speed, outrage, and centralized authority?

Moving from the founding era to the modern moment, Passion, Power, and the Republic reveals how earlier generations resisted the recurring temptations of radicalism and authoritarianism-and what their hard-won lessons offer today. The book argues that America's greatest danger is not external threat or internal division, but forgetting the principles and character that once allowed passion to serve liberty rather than destroy it.

Clear-eyed yet hopeful, this is a timely meditation on the past, present, and future of the American experiment-and on the revolution that is still unfolding.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GM8X6SYX
• ISBN13: 9798247116677
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"