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Congress and the American Tradition (Library of Conservative Thought) by James Burnham; with a new introduction by Michael Henry is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"Most Americans would probably be surprised to hear that, in 1959, James Burnham, a leading political thinker questioned whether Congress would survive, and whether the Executive Branch of the American government would become a dictatorshipages In the last decade, members of Congress have impeached a president, rejected or refused to consider presidential nominees, and appear in the media criticizing the chief executive. Congress does not exactly appear to be at risk of expiring. Regardless of how we perceive Congress today, more than forty years after Congress and the American Tradition was written, Burnham's questions, arguments, and political analysis still have much to tell us about freedom and political order. Burnham originally intended Congress and the American Tradition as a response to liberal critics of Senator McCarthy's investigations of communist influence in the United States. He developed it into a detailed analysis of the history and functioning of Congress, its changing relationship with the Executive Branch, and the danger of despotism, even in a democratic society. The book is organized into three distinct parts. "The American System of Government," analyzes the

Who reads Congress and the American Tradition (Library of Conservative Thought)?

Author

James Burnham; with a new introduction by Michael Henry

Publisher

Routledge ProQuest

Published

1959

Language

EN

ISBN

9781351313186

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Government & Politics, Social_sciences

Updated

2026-03-24