Theodore Draper is the author of many books, including Castroism, The Roots of American Communism and A Very Thin Line: The Iran-Contra Affairs. A Struggle for Power: The American Revolution will appear later this year.
The American Revolution is the subject of a rich and complex historical literature. In the 19th century, George Bancroft, the father of American historical writing, portrayed it as the...
Fine phrases about the freedom of the individual and the inviolability of the home were exchanged between the Minister of State and the Prefect, to whom M. de Sérisy pointed out that the...
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