Soft Despotism, Democracy's Drift: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville & the Modern Prospect

By Paul Anthony Rahe

Book Overview

An insightful reading of early democratic philosophers and how America and other modern democracies have veered too far from their fundamental roots

In 1989, the Cold War abruptly ended and it seemed as if the world was at last safe

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300164238
• ISBN13: 9780300164237
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"