The Problem of Democracy

"Told with authority and style. . . Crisply summarizing the Adamses' legacy, the authors stress principle over partisanship." --The Wall Street Journal How the father and son presidents foresaw the rise of the cult of personality and fought those who sought to abuse the weaknesses inherent in our democracy, from the New York Times bestselling author of White Trash . John and John Quincy Adams: rogue intellectuals, unsparing truth-tellers, too uncensored for their own political good. They held th