Explaining America: The Federalist

Explaining America: The Federalist by Wills, Garry. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780140298390.

Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What The Quran Meant, coming fall 2017. Now with a new introduction--award-winning historian Garry Willss definitive analysis of the Federalist Papers In 1787 and 1788, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison published what remains perhaps the greatest example of political journalism in the English language--the Federalist Papers. Written to urge ratification of the Constitution, the eighty-five essays--trenchant in thought and graceful in expression--defended the Constitution not merely as a theoretical statement but as a practical instrument of rule. Now updated with a new introduction, Garry Willss classic study subjects these essays to rigorous analysis, illuminating, as only he can, their significance in the development of the philosophy on which our government is based.