Book Review: James Madison
/An accessible, well-researched new biography takes a largely approving look at America's fourth president, James Madison.
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An accessible, well-researched new biography takes a largely approving look at America's fourth president, James Madison.
Read MoreA new book takes readers back to a time when, according to historian Ira Shapiro, politics could sometimes be noble and senators could sometimes be giants.
Read MoreJames Madison was more cautious and purposeful than the temperamental Hamilton or the effusive Jefferson. Indeed, to paraphrase Brookhiser, Hamilton was a rocket, Jefferson was a kite, Madison was a ballast.
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