Bibliograph

The three lives of James Madison, genius, partisan, president, Noah Feldman

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The three lives of James Madison, genius, partisan, president, Noah Feldman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 717-730) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The three lives of James Madison

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

968212558

Responsibility statement

Noah Feldman

Sub title

genius, partisan, president

Summary

"Over the course of his life, James Madison changed the United States three times: First, he designed the Constitution, led the struggle for its adoption and ratification, then drafted the Bill of Rights. As an older, cannier politician he co-founded the original Republican party, setting the course of American political partisanship. Finally, having pioneered a foreign policy based on economic sanctions, he took the United States into a high-risk conflict, becoming the first wartime president and, despite the odds, winning. In The Three Lives of James Madison, Noah Feldman offers an intriguing portrait of this elusive genius and the constitutional republic he created--and how both evolved to meet unforeseen challenges."--Dust jacket

Table Of Contents

Book I: Constitution. Friendships ; Rise ; Crisis ; Philadelphia ; Compromise ; Ratification -- Book II: Party. The Bill of Rights ; Debts ; Enemies ; The President and his party ; In the shade -- Book III: War. Secretary of State ; Neutrality ; President ; War ; Failure and redemption -- Conclusion: Legacy

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