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People may choose to ignore their animal heritage by interpreting their behavior as divinely inspired, socially purposeful, or even self-serving, all of which they attribute to being human, but they masticate, fornicate, and procreate, much as chimps and apes do, so they should have little cause to get upset if they learn that they act like other primates when they politically agitate, debate, abdicate, placate, and administrate, too."" -- from the book King of the Mountain presents the startling findings of Arnold M. Ludwig's eighteen-year investigation into why people want to rule. The an

Cover -- THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN AMERICA -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE: Introduction -- I. A Part and Apart -- PART TWO: The ""Second Generation"" (1930-1955) -- II. ""Nation, People, Religion-What Are We? -- III. Reform Judaism and the ""Mission unto the Nations -- IV. Mordecai Kaplan and the New Jewish ""Vocation -- V. Conservatism, Orthodoxy, and the Affirmation of Election -- PART THREE: The ""Third Generation"" (1955-1980) -- VI. Ambassadors at Home -- VII. Children of the Halfway Covenant -- PART FOUR: Conclusion