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Author: Lin Da
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: This book first traces the fundamental process of the development and relative maturity of the U.S. constitutional democracy from its origins to its practical implementation through a series of stories surrounding the 1787 Philadelphia Constitutional Convention. The author follows the progress of the convention, step by step, to narrate and unfold reflections on the ideological foundation, historical opportunities, and core principles of the institutional design in the U.S. Constitution. It describes the political wisdom demonstrated by early American thinkers and statesmen in adhering to the rules of the game, engaging in exchanges and compromises when faced with various ideological viewpoints. At the same time, it analyzes the concerns and historical limitations within the U.S. constitutional system.
Secondly, through the story of the 1960s U.S. anti-Vietnam War movement, where media outlets such as The New York Times and The Washington Post, leveraging constitutional power, stood up to the then U.S. government administrative authorities in disclosing the so-called "Pentagon Papers," the operational mechanisms of American-style democracy are highlighted, as well as the dilemmas faced by the system in new crises.