Rahe, Paul Anthony. Soft despotism, democracy's drift : Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the modern prospect / Paul A. Rahe. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009. - xxiii, 374 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-349) and index. ISBN: 9780300164237 (pbk.) 9780300144925 (Cloth) 030014492X (Cloth) LCCN: 2008039281 Subjects--Personal Names: Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755. Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859. Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. Subjects--Topical Terms: Democracy.Republicanism. Dewey Class. No.: 321.8 RAH