Compact of the Republic: The League of States and the Constitution

by David Benner

Book Overview

The United States Constitution was a concerted response to an age of tyrannical kings and highly centralized government. As history reveals, such political authority had to be challenged directly - by local units and causes - to preserve liberty and ensure public happiness.

Compact of the Republic demonstrates that the Constitution did not impose a nationalist, superlative central government, and was not ratified by "one American people" in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692484264
• ISBN13: 9780692484265
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Life & Liberty Publishing Group
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book

David Benner expertly chronicles the beginning of the Republic, and it's almost immediate down hill slide. This is a great book for those with an open mind, and who are willing to learn what the founding generation meant for "these United States" to be.