The Three Lives of James Madison

A sweeping reexamination of the Founding Father who transformed the United States in each of his political “lives”—as a revolutionary thinker, partisan political strategist, and president “In order to understand America and its Constitution, it is necessary to understand James Madison.”—Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of  Leonardo da Vinci Over the course of his life, James Madison changed the United States three times: First, he designed the Constitution, le