Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

4 out of 5 stars  ****

Volume I Volume II is written five years later
A thorough explanation of America's geography from Atlantic to Pacific, an explanation of the type of people who started a new government after winning their independence from a Monarchy, failing first with its initial Confederacy, and the thoughtful remedy applied in writing the US Constitution with its Bill of Rights and Separation of Powers between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches, the author compares the United States with other countries and their societies. Where others failed, America succeeded in blossoming due to the type of people isolated from most of the old world by the great oceans.