Az Eszterházy Károly Tanárképző Főiskola Tudományos Közleményei. 1993. [Vol. 1.] Eger Journal of American Studies. (Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Agriensis : Nova series ; Tom. 21)

STUDIES - András Tamóc: The Politics of a Cast-Iron Man. John C. Calhoun and His Views on Government.

contributions to the field of political science, he never realized that the most important ingredient of politics was the human factor. The cast-iron man's greatest achievement was his gravest error as well. While recognizing the impending constitutional and political crisis and designing an elaborate system of safeguards, he failed to understand that neither states' rights conservatism, nor two presidents could stop the oncoming storm which would severely rattle Dixie, forcing slavery and the "Southern gentleman" into the abyss of history. 113