Ebook: Liberty's blueprint: how Madison and Hamilton wrote the Federalist papers, defined the constitution, and made democracy safe for the world

Preface -- Introduction: "A well-established historical controversy" : solving the mystery of who wrote The Federalist -- Part 1. Writing The Federalist -- Chapter 1 : "Testifying the esteem & regard" : an unlikely friendship -- Chapter 2 :"To cement the union" : sounding the call for a convention -- Chapter 3 : "Better than nothing" : the drafting of the constitution -- Chapter 4 : "Establishing good government from reflection and choice" : producing the Federalist-- Chapter 5 : "The head of a faction decidedly hostile to me" : the disintegration of a relationship -- Part II. Reading The Federalist -- Chapter 6 : "The most valuable disquisitions of government" : why and how to read the Federalist -- Chapter 7 : "The diseases most incident to Republican government" : appreciating Federalist 10 -- Chapter 8 : "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition": lessons on the separation of powers -- Chapter 9 : "A double security": lessons on federalism -- Chapter 10 : "The greatest of all reflections on human nature": lasting lessons.