{"product_id":"the-three-lives-of-james-madison-genius-partisan-president-paperback","title":"The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNoah Feldman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In order to understand America and its Constitution, it is necessary to understand James Madison.\"--Walter Isaacson, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLeonardo da Vinci\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow Noah Feldman offers an intriguing portrait of this elusive genius and the constitutional republic he created--and how both evolved to meet unforeseen challenges. Madison hoped to eradicate partisanship yet found himself giving voice to, and institutionalizing, the political divide. Madison's lifelong loyalty to Thomas Jefferson led to an irrevocable break with George Washington, hero of the American Revolution. Madison closely collaborated with Alexander Hamilton on the\u003ci\u003e Federalist \u003c\/i\u003epapers--yet their different visions for the United States left them enemies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlliances defined Madison, too. The vivacious Dolley Madison used her social and political talents to win her husband new supporters in Washington--and define the diplomatic customs of the capital's society. Madison's relationship with James Monroe, a mixture of friendship and rivalry, shaped his presidency and the outcome of the War of 1812. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe may be more familiar with other Founding Fathers, but the United States today is in many ways Madisonian in nature. Madison predicted that foreign threats would justify the curtailment of civil liberties. He feared economic inequality and the power of financial markets over politics, believing that government by the people demanded resistance to wealth. Madison was the first Founding Father to recognize the importance of public opinion, and the first to understand that the media could function as a safeguard to liberty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Three Lives of James Madison\u003c\/i\u003e is an illuminating biography of the man whose creativity and tenacity gave us America's distinctive form of government. His collaborations, struggles, and contradictions define the United States to this day.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoah Feldman\u003c\/b\u003e is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard University as well as a Senior Fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a contributing writer for \u003ci\u003eBloomberg Opinion, \u003c\/i\u003ehost of the podcast \u003ci\u003eDeep Background, \u003c\/i\u003eand the author of \u003ci\u003eScorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices \u003c\/i\u003eas well as\u003ci\u003e Cool War: The Future of Global Competition\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 832\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772564767008,"sku":"9781250267009","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f62336373797ff278cd82caba26e92df.webp?v=1780408596","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-three-lives-of-james-madison-genius-partisan-president-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}