Introduction to The Thirties: A Reconsideration in the Light of the American Political Tradition

Introduction. The Thirties: A Reconsideration in the Light of the American Political Tradition. Eds. Morton J. Frisch and Martin Diamond. De Kalb: Northern Illinois UP, 1968. 3-5.

A new edition was published in 2010, which includes a new introduction. Below is the publisher’s description: We are pleased to bring back into print The Thirties, originally published in 1968 as NIU Press’s third book. With contributions from some of the 20th century’s most… More

The Revolution of Sober Expectations

The Revolution of Sober Expectations. Distinguished Lecture Series on the Bicentennial. Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute for Policy Research, 1974. Also included in America's Continuing Revolution. Washington: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1975. 25-41.

Prepared as part of the American Enterprise Institute’s series of distinguished lectures on the Bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence, this lecture was delivered at Independence Hall in Philadelphia in 1973. Essential to the success of the American Revolution, Diamond… More

The Electoral College and the American Idea of Democracy

The Electoral College and the American Idea of Democracy. Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1977.

Composed in 1977 and published as a booklet by the American Enterprise Institute, this essay is a vigorous defense of our constitutional method of electing presidents through the partly-national, partly-federal Electoral College. Although it was initially intended as an immediate response… More

The Founding of the Democratic Republic

The Founding of the Democratic Republic. Itasca, IL: F.E. Peacock, 1981.

Publisher’s Description: A reprint of four chapters by Martin Diamond from The Democratic Republic (Diamond, Garfinkel, and Fisk), this book provides a more complete view of our political foundations than can be found in contemporary American government textbooks.

As Far as Republican Principles Will Admit: Essays by Martin Diamond

Ed. William A. Schambra. Washington, D.C.: AEI Press, 1992.

When Martin Diamond decided the time had come to collect his essays of some twenty years into a single volume, he selected as its title, As Far as Republican Principles Will Admit. That selection was the only piece of guidance he left for those whose task it became to finish the project… More