Table of Contents

Ambition and the Paradox of Power in America: A Desire to Rule and a Desire for Dignity The Ambition of Moral Citizens: Belonging and the Limits of the Moral Community The Ambition of Interests: American Constitutionalism The Ambition of Popular Control: Jacksonian Democracy and American Populism The Ambition to Recover Democratic Excellence: Tocqueville and Franklin Delano Roosevelt To Flatter and Obey: The Triumph of Ambition Keeping Ambition Accountable: A Place for Political Parties The Collapse of Modern Citizenship

About the Author

Gene D. Phillips, S.J., teaches at Loyola University of Chicago and is the author of books about Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick and numerous studies of fiction and film.

Reviews

An opulent repository of material on the premier American noirist. - Choice; ""Phillips constantly dazzles with both the precision of his presentation and the power of his analysis."" - Lester Keyser