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The turmoil of the Anglo - Scots border continues, thieving and
murder, the standard order of the day, as the cleaver sings its
song of death. Once again Fyreback is on the vengeance trail.
The memoirs of the most famous American cavalryman
Those who pursue fame are occasionally fated to acquire it for
reasons other than those of their ambitions. So it is with George
Armstrong Custer who is principally renowned for being swiftly
eradicated with most of his command on the final day of his career
in the 'last stand' on the Little Big Horn. That end has been made
the more ignominious since there is an abiding view that he was
responsible for it. There was, inevitably, much more to the man
than this and whilst his passions for fame, status and glory are
acknowledged, the fact remains that Custer was a dashing, brave,
dynamic officer whose deeds-particularly during the Civil War-had
raised him to high rank with meteoric speed. He was an exceptional
soldier and personality in a time and place where the unexceptional
was the norm. This book, Custer's own account of his Indian Wars
is, like any other memoir, not devoid of the bias, ego and hubris
of the author. Nevertheless, it is singular for there was only one
George Armstrong Custer and he has joined the legendary ranks of
the outstanding characters of the American West. This is a
fascinating insight into the mind and experiences of 'the man' and
is essential reading for every enthusiast of the history of the
period.
This exploration of the tensions of politics and religion in
the United States, from its earliest settlement to contemporary
times, is the first coherent history of American religious thought
and practice within the context of politics. Kelly sets forth a
chronology and topology of the patterns of collaboration,
competition, and interaction of politics and religion in America.
In the United States the pathological features of politics and
religion--and their decline of power and virtue--seem more closely
linked in time and substance than elsewhere. Kelly concentrates on
the implications of the following issues: the distinction between
the sacred and the profane; a reevaluation of Tocqueville's
analysis; the competitive and coalescent qualities of Calvinist and
Arminian doctrines; an interpretation of sectarianism and cultism;
a dissection of the meanings of American providentialism; an
application of Weberian theory of the Protestant ethic to American
religion and politics; a critique of the modern notion of "civil
religion"; and an analytical investigation of religious and
political modes of conviction. "Readers will be grateful to Kelly]
for clearing away much of the debris of American religious and
political traditions and revealing at least some of the old
foundations."--James L. Guth, "American Politcal Science Review" "A
penetrating criticism of Protestant and post-Protestant culture in
America."--A. Porterfield, "Choice" "Subtle, extraordinarily
learned, and often original."--John A. Coleman, "America" George
Armstrong Kelly (1932-1987) was a visiting professor of humanities
and political science at Johns Hopkins University from 1980 until
1987, taught for many years at Harvard and Brandeis, chaired the
Seminar in Political and Social Thought at Columbia University, and
was a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities. Among
his many books are "Idealism, Politics and History: Sources of
Hegelian Thought and Lost Soldiers: The French Army and Empire in
Crisis, 1947-1962." Jean Bethke Elshtain is the Laura Spelman
Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics at the
University of Chicago. She is the author of several books,
including "Public Man, Private Woman: Women in Social and Political
Thought and Augustine and the Limits of Politics."
This book is the last completed work of one of the most
distinguished political theorists and intellectual historians of
our time. Focusing on the political ideas and activities of leading
French liberals from approximately 1805 into the Second Empire,
Professor Kelly presents a distinctive blend of ideological and
intellectual history, biography, analysis of French regimes and
their changes, and his own reflections concerning the wide and
still highly pertinent range of issues considered. Beginning with a
subtle analysis of the complex patterns of agreement and
disagreement between the liberalisms of Benjamin Constant and
Alexis de Tocqueville, the work offers a sophisticated examination
of the attempts of a sequence of liberal thinkers to harmonize
their commitments to political and civil liberty with one another,
and with a profound desire for a legitimate and stable political
order.
Concentrating on Hegel's political philosophy, George Armstrong
Kelly pursues three lines of inquiry. The first is the broad
question of the connection of philosophy, politics, and history
within Hegel's system of thought. Second, the author explores
Hegel's relationship with his surrounding political culture and his
rejection of aestheticism for the higher goal of politics. Finally,
he analyzes Hegel's theory of the state, its historical and
structural foundations, its demolition by a later generation, and
its relevance. Professor Kelly explains how Hegel's total
philosophical method and system convey his apprehension of the
meaning of European culture and its links with a political harmony
accessible to modern times. Professor Kelly explains how Hegel's
total philosophical method and system convey his apprehension of
the meaning of European culture and its links with a political
harmony accessible to modern times. Originally published in 1978.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books
while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase
access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of
books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in
1905.
Concentrating on Hegel's political philosophy, George Armstrong
Kelly pursues three lines of inquiry. The first is the broad
question of the connection of philosophy, politics, and history
within Hegel's system of thought. Second, the author explores
Hegel's relationship with his surrounding political culture and his
rejection of aestheticism for the higher goal of politics. Finally,
he analyzes Hegel's theory of the state, its historical and
structural foundations, its demolition by a later generation, and
its relevance. Professor Kelly explains how Hegel's total
philosophical method and system convey his apprehension of the
meaning of European culture and its links with a political harmony
accessible to modern times. Professor Kelly explains how Hegel's
total philosophical method and system convey his apprehension of
the meaning of European culture and its links with a political
harmony accessible to modern times. Originally published in 1978.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books
while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase
access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of
books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in
1905.
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