Publisher's Note A major political analyst explores the deeply held but often inarticulated beliefs that make up the American creed.
Industry Reviews "If Mr. Lipset strength in this book is his ability to sift vast evidence and pluck out apt conclusions, his weakness is his seeming desire to get some matters off his chest (or off the hard drive of his computer) even if they don't fit his thesis." New York Review of Books - James P. Pinkerton (02/11/1996)
"The deep seriousness of Lipset's argument is that we were wrong ever to think the Uniter States might ever become more like old Europe. From the evidence of Margaret Thatcher's economic reforms and the slow dismantling of the French and German welfare state, from our divorce figures and our declining trade unions and soaring litigation rates--let alone our television habits--he concluded that we Europeans are becoming more and more like you. I suspect he is only two-thirds right; we are really all becoming more like Canada." Washington Post Book World - Martin Walker