“Original and fascinating ...” JAMES FALLOWS, The Atlantic Monthly and National Public Radio

 What is behind the success of America? Does America manifest its destiny by other means? Author Patrick Mendis explores the unseen forces that have guided America to global dominance. He details how the creation of James Madison's Universal Empire through Alexander Hamilton's Federalism realizes Thomas Jefferson's Empire of Liberty. The author then unveils America’s Masonic endgame of universal brotherhood: E Pluribus Unum.


“Professor Mendis goes beyond Dan Brown’s Lost Symbol to disclose the true story of the fictional narrative.” Masonic Grand Master AKRAM ELIAS, Co-producer (with Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss) of Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to Washington

“[Mendis is] like Alexis de Tocqueville ...” Rear Admiral WILLIAM SIZEMORE (Ret.), U.S. Navy

“Mendis changes the way we look at our history, policy and trade.” Dr. PAULA STERN, former Chairwoman of the U.S. International Trade Commission

“A stunning exposition ... with profound implications for remaking America’s role in the world.” Professor LAURENCE SIMON, Brandeis University, Boston


“The founders built an architecture for diversity. This book posits in the most intriguing way the roots of that design.” Professor RONALD HEIFETZ, Harvard University



Author PATRICK MENDIS, a visiting foreign policy scholar at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and the author of Trade for Peace, is a former military professor and American diplomat during the Clinton and Bush administrations. Dr. Mendis is an alumnus of the Harvard Kennedy School and the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. He is an affiliate professor of public and international affairs at George Mason University and a senior fellow of the Osgood Center for International Studies.

“A masterful analysis of the role of international trade ...” Professor C. FORD RUNGE, University of Minnesota

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Foreword by Professor Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
President Emeritus, George Washington University
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“[This book] provides valuable insights for the student of history and the modern political leader alike . . . seen through the eyes of the Founding Fathers and the Masonic Architect of the Universe” [from the foreword]. Professor STEPHEN JOEL TRACHTENBERG, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy

“A unique and insightful analysis of the power of freedom ...” Senator THOMAS DASCHLE, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader

"Carefully researched and perceptive book . . ." Congressman ROBERT LIVINGSTON, Jr., former Speaker-elect, U.S. Congress

“His eye-opening thesis [has] enormous relevance for today.” Ambassador FRANK LOY, former Undersecretary of State under President Bill Clinton

“[He] has a clear and cogent message: America will succeed; it is embedded in our destiny.” Ambassador PAULA DOBRIANSKY, former Undersecretary of State under President George W. Bush