The Decline of the American Republic, and How to Rebuild It
Type
Book
Authors
Category
Politics and Government - U.S.
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Publication Year
1955
Publisher
The Devin-Adair Company, United States
Pages
212
Description
"The greatest political advance in the entire history of the world," says John T. Flynn, "was the decentralized republican form of government upon which the United States was founded.
"The American Colonists escaped European tyranny of one form or another and set up thirteen sovereign republics loosely united by a federal republican government. With power so partitioned and scattered, it was impossible for a strong government to impose its will upon large segments of people. And it was stipulated that the State had, in itself, no rights save those delegated specifically to it by the people."
It is here argued by Mr. Flynn that this basic concept of government came to an end in 1933. Means had been found to draw back into a powerful central government those political, economic, and police powers which had been so painstakingly distributed among the states.
To make his argument even clearer, the author first analyzes the limited progress made in past times by Athens, Rome, France, Germany, and England, climaxed by the final triumphal burst of American republicanism. He then demonstrates, one by one, the steps by which in the past twenty-odd years we have been deliberately reversing the forward progress of centuries.
The Decline of the American Republic is a desperately needed textbook for our times. It suggests the only possible methods by which the backward course may be set forward again.
About the author
John T. Flynn, Maryland born and a graduate of Georgetown University, has had a wide and varied career. From cub reporter he became a successful newspaperman, notably as managing editor of the New York Globe. Later he was a columnist for The New Republic and then for the Scripps-Howard newspapers. Subsequently he served as associate editor of Collier's. As a member of the New York City Board of Higher Education he earned a reputation for his fearless crusading on behalf of justice and fair play. As a newspaper columnist and as the author of hundreds of articles on economic and political subjects in most of the leading American magazines, he has been known chiefly for his careful and responsible handling of facts as well as for his rare faculty for combining scholarship with an easy, readable style. He is the author of many books including the following, published by Devin-Adair: The Roosevelt Myth; The Road Ahead: America's Creeping Revolution; While You Slept: Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It; The Lattimore Story. Recently, John T. Flynn has been heard on the air as an outspoken champion of the American Way of Life.
Taken from the inside flaps.
"The American Colonists escaped European tyranny of one form or another and set up thirteen sovereign republics loosely united by a federal republican government. With power so partitioned and scattered, it was impossible for a strong government to impose its will upon large segments of people. And it was stipulated that the State had, in itself, no rights save those delegated specifically to it by the people."
It is here argued by Mr. Flynn that this basic concept of government came to an end in 1933. Means had been found to draw back into a powerful central government those political, economic, and police powers which had been so painstakingly distributed among the states.
To make his argument even clearer, the author first analyzes the limited progress made in past times by Athens, Rome, France, Germany, and England, climaxed by the final triumphal burst of American republicanism. He then demonstrates, one by one, the steps by which in the past twenty-odd years we have been deliberately reversing the forward progress of centuries.
The Decline of the American Republic is a desperately needed textbook for our times. It suggests the only possible methods by which the backward course may be set forward again.
About the author
John T. Flynn, Maryland born and a graduate of Georgetown University, has had a wide and varied career. From cub reporter he became a successful newspaperman, notably as managing editor of the New York Globe. Later he was a columnist for The New Republic and then for the Scripps-Howard newspapers. Subsequently he served as associate editor of Collier's. As a member of the New York City Board of Higher Education he earned a reputation for his fearless crusading on behalf of justice and fair play. As a newspaper columnist and as the author of hundreds of articles on economic and political subjects in most of the leading American magazines, he has been known chiefly for his careful and responsible handling of facts as well as for his rare faculty for combining scholarship with an easy, readable style. He is the author of many books including the following, published by Devin-Adair: The Roosevelt Myth; The Road Ahead: America's Creeping Revolution; While You Slept: Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It; The Lattimore Story. Recently, John T. Flynn has been heard on the air as an outspoken champion of the American Way of Life.
Taken from the inside flaps.
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