My friend Daniel Bastiat tagged me on Facebook for a new 7-day challenge: Pick between 2 to 5 books that you would assign for any course of your choosing (each day) and name the course.

Day #5 Course: Introduction to American Political Thought
(For undergraduate students)

1. The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution – Bernard Bailyn
2. The Federalist Papers – Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
3. The Antifederalist Papers – Edited with an introduction by Morton Borden
4. The Liberal Tradition in America – Louis Hart
5. Ideology and Myth in American Politics: A Critique of a National Political Mind – H. Mark Roelofs