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James Madison: Commander in Chief, 1812-1836

Irving Brant

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Description:James Madison: Commander in Chief is the culmination⁠—and conclusion⁠—of the author's masterful biography of America's fourth president. It deals principally with Madison's direction of the War of 1812 and carries his story to the end of his life in 1836.With the president as central figure, Irving Brant gives this least understood and most misrepresented war in American history a clear place in the evolution of the nation. Madison appears at first as an inexperienced civilian, gradually becoming Commander in Chief in fact as well as law, making critical decisions that helped build up the army's strength until American victories on land matched those on ocean.All this James Madison accomplished in spite of intrigue and rivalry among his cabinet members, the falsification of official documents to aid political ambition, the refusal of a third of the states to furnish troops while they encouraged the enemy. Madison was first called a weakling and then denounced as a tyrant by his political opponents. At the war's end, however, he was eulogized for having won national glory without infringing any democratic right.The chronicle of Madison's final twenty years is no less extraordinary. He remained in virtual isolation on his Virginia farm. Yet he was a central figure in the greatest controversy between the War of 1812 and the Civil War⁠—the battle over state nullification of federal laws, in which he fought, in spite of crippling illness, for federal supremacy as the only salvation of the Union.In these later years he emerged as a scientific farmer, appealing for preservation of the soil and respect for the balance of nature. As Rector of the University of Virginia, he guided its scholastic activities eight times as long as its founder Thomas Jefferson. An adversary of slavery, he condemned it as a demoralizing influence on slaves, their owners and the community.Throughout this final phase of Madison's life shines the solid, loving partnership between him and his wife Dolley, which made their home a synonym for hospitality Here the ex-president won as great a reputation for charm and gaiety as he had enjoyed for learning.Historians and critics hailed the publication of Volume One twenty years ago as a major work. The total product of this biography more than fulfills the prophecies then made. Henry Steele Commager said of the previous five volumes: "Brant's Madison . . . is by universal agreement of American historians one of the most impressive achievements of American historical writing of our generation."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with James Madison: Commander in Chief, 1812-1836. To get started finding James Madison: Commander in Chief, 1812-1836, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 627

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill

Release: 1961

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Description: James Madison: Commander in Chief is the culmination⁠—and conclusion⁠—of the author's masterful biography of America's fourth president. It deals principally with Madison's direction of the War of 1812 and carries his story to the end of his life in 1836.With the president as central figure, Irving Brant gives this least understood and most misrepresented war in American history a clear place in the evolution of the nation. Madison appears at first as an inexperienced civilian, gradually becoming Commander in Chief in fact as well as law, making critical decisions that helped build up the army's strength until American victories on land matched those on ocean.All this James Madison accomplished in spite of intrigue and rivalry among his cabinet members, the falsification of official documents to aid political ambition, the refusal of a third of the states to furnish troops while they encouraged the enemy. Madison was first called a weakling and then denounced as a tyrant by his political opponents. At the war's end, however, he was eulogized for having won national glory without infringing any democratic right.The chronicle of Madison's final twenty years is no less extraordinary. He remained in virtual isolation on his Virginia farm. Yet he was a central figure in the greatest controversy between the War of 1812 and the Civil War⁠—the battle over state nullification of federal laws, in which he fought, in spite of crippling illness, for federal supremacy as the only salvation of the Union.In these later years he emerged as a scientific farmer, appealing for preservation of the soil and respect for the balance of nature. As Rector of the University of Virginia, he guided its scholastic activities eight times as long as its founder Thomas Jefferson. An adversary of slavery, he condemned it as a demoralizing influence on slaves, their owners and the community.Throughout this final phase of Madison's life shines the solid, loving partnership between him and his wife Dolley, which made their home a synonym for hospitality Here the ex-president won as great a reputation for charm and gaiety as he had enjoyed for learning.Historians and critics hailed the publication of Volume One twenty years ago as a major work. The total product of this biography more than fulfills the prophecies then made. Henry Steele Commager said of the previous five volumes: "Brant's Madison . . . is by universal agreement of American historians one of the most impressive achievements of American historical writing of our generation."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with James Madison: Commander in Chief, 1812-1836. To get started finding James Madison: Commander in Chief, 1812-1836, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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