The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left

by Yuval Levin

Book Overview

An acclaimed portrait of Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the origins of modern conservatism and liberalism
In The Great Debate, Yuval Levin explores the roots of the left/right political divide in America by examining the views of the men who best represented each side at its origin: Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine. Striving to forge a new political path in the tumultuous age of the American and French revolutions, these two ideological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465050972
• ISBN13: 9780465050970
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary