The Three Lives of James Madison
Noah Feldman
A sweeping reexamination of the Founding Father who transformed the United States in each of his political "lives"—as a revolutionary thinker, as a partisan political strategist, and as a president
"In order to understand America and its Constitution, it is necessary to understand James Madison."—Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci
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...
"In order to understand America and its Constitution, it is necessary to understand James Madison."—Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci
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...
Kateqoriyalar:
İl:
2017
Nəşriyyat:
Random House Publishing Group
Dil:
english
Fayl:
EPUB, 30.13 MB
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english, 2017