Meyerson, Michael. <br/><br/>
Liberty's blueprint :  how Madison and Hamilton wrote the Federalist papers, defined the constitution, and made democracy safe for the world / 
Michael I. Meyerson. 
 - New York :  Basic Books,  c2008. 
 - xiv, 309 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-297) and index. 
<br/><br/>"Testifying the esteem & regard" : an unlikely friendship -- "To cement the union" : sounding the call for a convention -- "Better than nothing" : the drafting of the constitution -- "Establishing good government from reflection and choice" : producing the Federalist -- "The head of a faction decidedly hostile to me" : the disintegration of a relationship -- "The most valuable disquisitions of government" : why and how to read the Federalist -- "The diseases most incident to Republican government" : appreciating Federalist 10 -- "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition": lessons on the separation of powers -- "A double security": lessons on federalism -- "The greatest of all reflections on human nature": lasting lessons. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780465002641 (hc) 0465002641 (hc) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007035376 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Constitutional history--United States.<br/>Constitutional law--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF4520  / .M49 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>342.7302/9