4 out of 4 stars
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Written by Thomas E.Peterson, The Right to nominate is a non-fiction political genre book that provides a deep insight into the American constitution and its framers. Quoting the immortal lines of Abraham Lincoln – “…Of the people, for the people, and by the people”, this book tends to question the true mortality of his thoughts. If you are tired about the money-laundering government that desiccates the sanctity of governance from our system, this book elucidates the issue and provides a cure as well.
The book accounts on the various ideologies of the framers such as Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton who are acknowledged as the intellectual powerhouses among the framers of the Constitution. The book portrays the derision that party or faction system was considered to be at that time and the reason why framers considered it to be so. It outlines the flaws in the constitutional framework that strips the citizens of an important right which could free the nation from official graft and instate leaders who mean good for the nation. The idea of factions was considered to be a pestilential disease or rather an outrage that would only spread to become a political epidemic. As the book progresses it clearly delineates how the very idea of this demonic concept of faction was inadvertently practiced by the framers themselves. It draws the necessity of the right to provide a society where leaders will not be devils of greed and rather crusaders of justice.
What I liked most about the book was the depiction of how the framers loathed party system. The author provides a distinct account of the acerbity framers displayed towards factions by naming them as perverts, demons, prostitutes, etc. The progression of the book through the paradigm shifts combined with the factual evidence of the statements of framers or the constitution itself makes this book comprehensible and credible. An interesting trend I noticed in this book is the last line of each paragraph is a statement that leads to the answers of the next. Through this ingenious way of narration, the author has the reader engrossed in the mindsets of early American political history.
The book was exceptionally well-crafted and there definitely wasn’t much to dislike about it. I found the book as a well-accounted and well-examined collection of data that was presented in layman terms. The vocabulary though was a little high level along with a lot of political jargon in the book. It is not a recommendation for all since this book is meant for those who seek knowledge on the shaping of the American political history in the context of conferring the right to nominate.
Overall I rate this book a perfect 4 out of 4 stars. It has all the elements that a historical narration is supposed to contain which is presented in the most justified and lucid manner. It clearly points out the mistakes that framers of our constitution made and how we as responsible citizens are to remove all the errors of the past in order to live in a fair and just present. The book will definitely bring forth how our early framers were intelligent enough to predict the harbingers of a crashing society through factions that we are facing these days. This book will definitely go down in history as a guide to framing a better constitution and a better political framework.
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The Right to Nominate
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