Book Review: Our First Revolution

August 24th, 2007 | 2 min read

Michael Barone, a senior editor at US News and World Report, has written a gem of a history in his newest book Our First Revolution. While the American Revolution is largely hailed as the first significant experiment in representative democracy, Barone argues persuasively that England's Glorious Revolution of 1688-89, in which William of Orange (Netherlands) invaded England and took the throne from James II, formed the backdrop and political example for the American revolution.

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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