American political parties

This is a revised and amplified edition of a book that digs deeply into the politi cal mores of the American people and pre sents a strikingly fresh interpretation of the development of parties and statesmen. Essentially, it traces the formation of group opinion from the making of the Constitu to the present, and the coalescing of group opinion into a political party under the master hand of the politician. How did political parties first arise, despite the strong and often expressed dislike of them by the Founding Fathers? How were new parties germinated? How did they grow? In what climate of opinion did they flour ish? And how did they come to an end? It is such questions that Dr. Binkley an swers in this original and rewarding book.

This enlarged edition contains in addi tion to a number of other changes-an entirely new chapter, which brings the history of American political parties down to the present day.

BERNARD DE VOTO, New York Herald Tribune Book Review: "The most comprehensive, useful and sagacious outline of American politics so far written. It is illuminating and wise... for the general reader it is a very valuable book indeed."

PENDLETON HERRING, American Historical Review: "No other history of American parties has achieved the synthesis and clarity of this volume. It amply demonstrates the value of studying the past in order to understand the Picient and intelligently face the future."