The author reemphasizes the major values of America's Founding Fathers as set forth in the Constitution, and delineates how far from that American dream democracy has strayed. Originally published by Johns Hopkins Press in 1968. Comments on the first edition:

"...a carefully written, scholarly work." - Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences

"...easily readable, yet scholarly and well-documented..." - Congressional Record

"...the book provides a thought-provoking discussion of the problems and cross purposes of limited as well as unlimited democracy. The spectre of despotism replacing popular government encourages serious thought about the future of American democracy>" - American Bar Association Journal

"...the book provides a thought-provoking discussion of the problems and cross purposes of limited as well as unlimited democracy. The spectre of despotism replacing popular government encourages serious thought about the future of American democracy" - American Bar Association Journal

"...a carefully written, scholarly work." - Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences

"...easily readable, yet scholarly and well-documented..." - Congressional Record