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050	1	4	_a002 E 183 _bW741n 1999
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100	1		_aWills, Garry, _d1934-
245	1	2	_aA necessary evil : _bA history of American distrust of government / _cGarry Wills
260			_aNew York : _bSimon & Schuster, _c1999
300			_a365 p.
505	0		_a1. 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.
520			_aThe author blames American's long-standing mistrust of government on a misreading of history, and a fundamental misunderstanding of the Founding Fathers.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government.
650		0	_aDissenters _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aGovernment, Resistance to _zUnited States _xHistory.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/simon054/99035879.html
856	4	1	_3Sample text _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/simon031/99035879.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon031/99035879.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0705/99035879-t.html
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