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 The best way to understand our founding fathers ideas. July 6, 1998
61 out of 82 found this review helpful
This book is the most detailed collection I've ever seen discussing the constitution and the men who wrote it. I'm planning on making it one of my children's schoolbooks! If you are interested in finding out more about your country and why it was founded, you need to read this book. You'll look back on it often for reference, and you'll have a hard time not loaning it out to every person you know.
This is not Outcome-Based Education, thank God... December 5, 2000
Michael Terry (Tualatin, OR USA)
86 out of 117 found this review helpful
It just amazes me how well established the revisionists have become in America, and how so many of us can't see through the smoke screen. When we can read direct quotes from our Founding Forfathers why do we still continue to disbelieve? This isn't the first book I've read of this kind and this one continues to make my convictions about this country even stronger. The information contained in it should be in every household in America and every school house in every county, seat, parish in every state and be manditory study for every politician, government official, "leader" and political figure of every kind.
What every patriot needs to know. November 4, 2007
Christopher D. Reddy (Rochester, NY United States)
21 out of 28 found this review helpful
This book succinctly outlines what the founding fathers envisioned in creating "these United States" - where the individual holds the power, the states are subject to the people and the federal government is subject to the states and the people. Somewhat different than what is perceived today - especially by those in Washington. Although times change, principles do not - the law of gravity is perpetual as are certain "unalienable rights. "The Five Thousand Year Leap" clarifies these ideas in an easy-to-read format.
Really Makes One Wonder.... March 25, 2009
Confederate (Bethesda, MD)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is one of those books that has the ability to change lives and, if not that, to at least get a person thinking. The Romans were an incredible people with astounding technology, as were the Greeks and other ancient civilizations. But what happened in the early 1800s when suddenly technology suddenly began changing the world faster than the world could handle it?
The United States was driving this technology to a great degree. Unfettered by the oppressive governments in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, it was as if someone suddenly turned on a light...literally. Electric lights, cars, trucks, tanks, telephones, machine guns, airplanes, radar, sonar, submarines, satellites, microscopes, electron microscopes, telescopes, astrophysics, astronomy, computers, cell phones, telecommunications, medical knowledge, atomic energy and a dizzying array of other advancements that made life not only easier, but in many ways much more dangerous.
The 5000 Year Leap brings this home and leaves one wondering...why?
The ride is far from over, and this book makes one wonder if we're not all trading our greatness for a mess of pottage. Very readable and highly recommended.
This should be in every US History Classroom in the USA December 14, 2007
F. Stehle (Mesa, AZ)
13 out of 17 found this review helpful
This book covers everything about the founding of this great country and the true meaning of the "Separation of Church and State". Also covered is the proper definition of "Right and Left" when talking politics or government. A particular favorite of mine is how the founders felt political office was patriotic and not to be used for financial gain or as a career. This book really makes a person look at were this country started from and what it has become.
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