First Principles
What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country. Harper, 2020.
A brief summary of First Principles
A close examination of four founding fathers – Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison – and the influence that ancient Greek and Roman politics, philosophies, and texts had over them and, consequently, the shaping of America.
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Who should read First Principles
Historians • politicians • teachers • students • anyone with an interest in U.S. history
About the author of First Principles
Thomas E. Ricks is an American journalist whose columns on military history and national security have appeared in the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, twice earning him the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. His text Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Ricks has also served on the Center for New American Security.
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