The quartet : orchestrating the second American Revolution, 1783-1789
Summary
"The prizewinning author of Founding Brothers and American Sphinx now gives us the unexpected story--brilliantly told--of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. The triumph of the America... Full description
- Preface : Pluribus to Unum
- The Articles and the Vision
- The Financier and the Prodigy
- The Domain
- The Courting
- Madison's Moment
- The Great Debate
- Final pieces
- Appendices.