Government is Incomplete Conquest

... outrageous essay in some fringe journal, but in one of the American government text books he authored--American Government: Incomplete Conquest (1976). It all started in the Americas when when European explorers planted the flags of their countries ... ... face constant fear of violent death, or surrender all their rights to an absolute sovereign who would ensure peace and order. John Locke put forward a more palatable view of the social contract, much closer to the liberal-democratic ideals widely shared ...