Michael Signer: 3 books
Becoming Madison
The Extraordinary Origins of the Least Likely Founding Father
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
In 1941 the historian Irving Brant wrote, Among all the men who shaped the present government of the United States of America,” Brant wrote, the one who did the most is known the least.” Brant concluded, When a man rises to greatness in youth, it is with his youth that we should first concern...
Demagogue
The Fight to Save Democracy from Its Worst Enemies
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2009
A demagogue is a tyrant who owes his initial rise to the democratic support of the masses. Huey Long, Hugo Chavez, and Moqtada al-Sadr are all clear examples of this dangerous byproduct of democracy. Demagogue takes a long view of the fight to defend democracy from within, from the brutal general...
Two Faiths, One Covenant?
Jewish and Christian Identity in the Presence of the Other
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2004
Judaism and Christianity are religions bound together by their claims to the same biblical covenant initiated by God with Abraham and his descendants. Yet, despite the inseparable connection between the election of Israel and that of the church, between the "old" and the "new"...