American Tradition

by Clarence B. Carson

The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc. Publication 1964 This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.

Genres: American History, Classics, History, Philosophy

306 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1970

Reviews

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book should be required reading for everyone who loves America. It clearly explains so much of the foundation beliefs and experiences and tradition that form the basis for our great American way of life. "Liberty" is the watchword. Americans have "forgotten that there is no way of regulating an economy with regulating men. Forgotten that all plans involve people, and that if governments attempt to put them into effect they must do so by force or the threat of force. Forgotten that morality proceeds from choice, and that choice depends upon liberty." This book was written in 1964, and our country has gone ever further down the road to collectivism and despotism. Can we turn things around? I'm afraid I have little hope in my lifetime. The United States is now a confirmed welfare state, with socialism creeping into every facet of our lives. It may take the complete collapse of society or the rise of an obvious dictator to wake the nation up. I would urge all Americans to read this book. (I read the digital version from the Internet Archive. It has lots of mis-scannings and typos, but is readable.)

[Francesca Gehl · Rating 5 out of 5]

An outstanding explanation of and delving-into what America was and was meant to be. All students of American History and/or American Studies should read it. Though it was written almost 60 years ago, this book could have been written yesterday. It is so relevant! Professor Carson was a clear-thinking historian who, basing his arguments on a thorough knowledge of the past and (his) present, was able to make thoroughly accurate predictions. An enlightening read. One that, though it speaks of sad realities - at least in my opinion - does offer hope, for if a problem is identified, it is already half solved. This book does, opens our eyes to the extent to which the United States has diverged from its tradition, at the same time though offering possible remedies.

[Julia P · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a good reformulation of what the founding fathers said. The best addition would be that he takes down the notion that the United States was isolationist and instead says it was noninterventionist.