02188cam a2200301 4500 2420 20230404125756.0 060907s1999 nyu eng 0684844893 funglode2430 EN 002 E 183 W741n 1999 973 Wills, Garry, 1934- A necessary evil : A history of American distrust of government / Garry Wills New York : Simon & Schuster, 1999 365 p. 1. Revolutionary myths. Minutemen -- Term limits -- 2. Constitutional myths. Sovereign states -- Checking efficiency -- Co-equal branches -- The uses of faction -- Bill of Rights -- No standing army -- 3. Nullifiers. John Taylor of Caroline : father of nullification -- Jefferson : prophet of nullification -- Madison : abettor of nullification -- Nullification North : Hartford Convention -- Nullification South : John C. Calhoun -- -- Academic nullifiers -- 4. Seceders. Civil War -- 5. Insurrectionists. From Daniel Shays to Timothy McVeigh -- Academic insurrectionists -- 6. Vigilantes. Groups : from regulators to clinic bombings -- Individuals : frontier -- Individuals : NRA -- 7. Withdrawers. Individuals : from Thoreau to Mencken -- Groups : from Brook Farm to hippie communes -- 8. Disobeyers. From Dr. King to SDS -- 9. A necessary good. The uses of government -- The uses of fear. The author blames American's long-standing mistrust of government on a misreading of history, and a fundamental misunderstanding of the Founding Fathers. United States Politics and government. Dissenters United States History. Government, Resistance to United States History. Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/simon054/99035879.html Sample text http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/simon031/99035879.html Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon031/99035879.html Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0705/99035879-t.html lcc bk 4459 4459 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2018-10-23 1 0 002 E 183 W741n 1999 00000001558 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk