Description: This book gives much needed attention to John Adams' and Thomas Jefferson's decades-long intellectual rivalry, showcasing the full scope of their political thought within the context of their distinct understanding of how to establish a functional liberal political order.
Brief description: Robert E. Ross, Utah State University, USA
Review Quotes:
"Our nation's semiquincentennial marks another significant occasion: the 200th anniversary of the deaths of the John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on July 4, 1826. In Between Liberty and Stability, Bruce Hunt and Robert Ross offer a timely reassessment of Adams' and Jefferson's parallel lives, philosophic reflections, and enduring political legacies." --Justin B. Dyer, Rex W. Tillerson Chair and Dean of the School of Civic Leadership at The University of Texas at Austin, USA
"Hunt and Ross invite us to view Adams and Jefferson less as competing partisans and more as complimentary founders who tried to establish a durable, balanced political order. Between Liberty and Stability makes a formidable case that trying to conform Adams and Jefferson to ancient or modern categories distracts from the way in which they borrowed from both ancient and modern thought." --Bill Reddinger, Regent University, USA