Jefferson And The Ordeal Of Liberty by Dumas Malone
A richly researched political biography that traces the later presidency and public life of the subject, exploring how his high-minded commitments to republican liberty were tested by the practical demands of leadership during the tumult of the Napoleonic era. The narrative focuses on foreign-policy crises, trade warfare and the controversial embargo that sought to preserve American independence but strained the economy, while also probing the tensions between principle and expediency in his constitutional thought, domestic reforms, and personal contradictions—especially regarding slavery—and assessing his lasting impact on the American republic.
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