Subtitle: How Jefferson Rescued Democracy from Tyranny and Faction - And What This Means Today
In this brilliant historical classic, Dan Sisson provides the definitive window into key concepts that have formed the backdrop of our democracy: the nature of revolution, stewardship of power, liberty, and the ever-present danger of factions and tyranny. Most contemporary historians celebrate Jefferson's victory over Adams in 1800 - which Jefferson firmly maintained was "as real a revolution ...as that of 1776 - as the beginning of the two-party system, but Sisson believes it is entirely the wrong lesson.