James Madison by Garry Wills
A concise intellectual and political biography that traces Madison’s evolution from a reserved Virginia thinker into the principal architect of the American constitutional system, focusing on his contributions at the Constitutional Convention and in the Federalist Papers, his role in shaping the Bill of Rights, his political partnership with Jefferson, and his wartime presidency, arguing that his commitment to limited republican government and the careful balancing of factions shaped the nation’s founding and enduring constitutional principles.
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