As a comet (Close-up view of the United States IV)

Author: Lin Da
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: This is the fourth book in the "Close-Up on America" series, continuing to express its content in the form of letters. The book is mainly divided into two parts:
1. Through a series of stories set around the 1787 Philadelphia Constitutional Convention in the United States, it traces the basic process of the U.S. constitutional democracy from its origins, development, relative maturity, and implementation. The author follows the progress of the Constitutional Convention, step by step, to elaborate on the ideological foundation, historical opportunities, and core concepts of the institutional design in the U.S. Constitution; describes the political wisdom of early American thinkers and statesmen in the face of various ideological viewpoints, adhering to the rules of the game, and demonstrating their political acumen through confrontation and compromise. At the same time, it analyzes the concerns and historical limitations in the U.S. constitutional system.
2. Through the story of media outlets such as The New York Times and The Washington Post, during the 1960s U.S. anti-Vietnam War movement, disclosing the so-called "Pentagon Papers," and leveraging constitutional power to oppose the then U.S. government administrative authorities, it highlights the operating mechanisms of American-style democracy and also touches on the dilemmas of the system in the face of new crises.
The book first traces the basic process of the U.S. constitutional democracy from its origins, development, relative maturity, and implementation through a series of stories around the 1787 Philadelphia Constitutional Convention in the United States. The author follows the progress of the Constitutional Convention, step by step, to elaborate on the ideological foundation, historical opportunities, and core concepts of the institutional design in the U.S. Constitution; describes the political wisdom of early American thinkers and statesmen in the face of various ideological viewpoints, adhering to the rules of the game, and demonstrating their political acumen through confrontation and compromise. At the same time, it analyzes the concerns and historical limitations in the U.S. constitutional system.
Secondly, through the story of media outlets such as The New York Times and The Washington Post, during the 1960s U.S. anti-Vietnam War movement, disclosing the so-called "Pentagon Papers," and leveraging constitutional power to oppose the then U.S. government administrative authorities, it highlights the operating mechanisms of American-style democracy and also touches on the dilemmas of the system in the face of new crises.