Founding friendship : George Washington, James Madison, and the creation of the American republic
"Although the friendship between George Washington and James Madison was eclipsed in the early 1790s by the alliances of Madison with Jefferson and Washington with Hamilton, their collaboration remains central to the constitutional revolution that launched the American experiment in republican government. Washington relied heavily on Madison's advice, pen, and legislative skill, while Madison found Washington's prestige indispensable for achieving his goals for the new nation. Together, Stuart Leibiger argues, Washington and Madison struggled to conceptualize a political framework that would respond to the majority without violating minority rights."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©1999
University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, ©1999
x, 284 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780813918822, 0813918820
40830268
Winning Independence
Improving Rivers and Friendships
Framing and Ratifying the Constitution
Washington's "Prime Minister"
Friendship tested
Founding Washington, D.C
Four More Years
"Neutrality"
Domestic Order and Disorder
Estrangement and Farewell