The problem of democracy : the Presidents Adams confront the cult of personality

"John and John Quincy Adams: rogue intellectuals, unsparing truth tellers, too uncensored for their own political good. They held that political participation demanded moral courage. They did not seek popularity (and it showed). They lamented the fact that hero worship in America substituted id...

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Main Author: Isenberg, Nancy
Format: BOOK
Language:ENGLISH
Published: Viking 2019
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