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A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution
Carol Berkin
Harvest Books, 2003
A Reflection of the Past
In light of current events that occurred after the turn of the century, the presidential election of 2000 and the US Pentagon and World Trade Center disaster, Carol Berkin laments on those events as well as her life as a historian, and responds by reflecting on the ...
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The U.S. Constitution: And Fascinating Facts About It
Terry L. Jordan
Oak Hill Publishing Company, 1999
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A very interesting little book to understand the foundation of the first and greatest democracy in the world
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The 5000 Year Leap: The 28 Great Ideas That Changed the World
W. Cleon Skousen
Center for Constitutional Studies, 2006
It will change your views of America
The constitution, what does it mean anymore? This document changed the course of the world and this book will tell you why the United States of America changed the world in 200 years. Sadly, it is also pointing out why we are loosing what has made us so strong.
This ...
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The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country
Howard Fineman
Random House, 2008
Fineman's finest
The Thirteen American Arguments is suitable for people from all academic backgrounds, whether a political scientist, a chemical engineer or a children's author. Howard Fineman intertwines many historical concepts while portraying a unique perspective on the American ...
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Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow
Penguin Press, 2004
Epic and Monumental
After an unlikely escape from the backwaters of the colonial Caribbean, Alexander Hamilton fought in the American Revolution as a young firebrand, supported the U.S. Constitution as a brilliant author and New York lawyer, and poured his formidable genius and energy ...
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John Adams
David McCullough
Simon & Schuster, 2001
John Adams book review
John Adams was one of the most pivotal characters and longest lived of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. But what makes this book possible is the immense volume of letters he wrote though out his life time... letters to friends, family, co-conspirators, ...
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The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates (Signet Classics)
Signet Classics, 2003
The Origin of our Bill of Rights
"The Anti-Federalist Papers" along with the "Federalist Papers" is an excellent way to really learn about how our Constitution came about. Pseudonyms like The Centinel, The Pennsylvania Farmer, John DeWitt, Cato, et.al. set forth the cons against why various ...
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The Constitution of the United States of America, with the Bill of Rights and all of the Amendments; The ...
Thomas Jefferson, Second Continental Congress, ...
Wilder Publications, 2008
Collected here in one affordable volume are the most important documents of the United States of America: The Constitution of the United States of America, with the Bill of Rights and all of the Amendments; The Declaration of Independence; and the Articles of Confederation. These three documents are the basis for our entire way of life. Every ...
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The Politically Incorrect Guide(tm) to the Constitution (Politically Incorrect Guides)
Kevin R. C. Gutzman
Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2007
An Eye Opener
There is so much mis-information about the Constitution. Most people have never read it and there is so much apocriphal information that is in the news that it is frightening. This book can be a real eye-opener for those with no knowledge of the founding of this ...
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A Nation of Sheep
Andrew P. Napolitano
Thomas Nelson, 2007
Orwell was wrong... With the date
Does the federal government really follow it's own laws? Can the federal government really disobey the constitution in hopes of preserving the union's security? No, claims Judge Andrew Napolitano in his latest work A Nation Of Sheep. Napolitano asserts that the ...
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Constitutional Law: Principles And Policies (Introduction to Law Series)
Erwin Chemerinsky
Aspen Publishers, 2006
the bible for con-law
If anyone is taking Constitutional Law and is using the Chemerinsky case book, this treatise is a MUST have. You can actually get along the semester perfectly without the big case book and just reading this treatise. It explains things way better than the big book. ...
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Modern European History
Birdsall S. Viault
McGraw-Hill, 1990
Perfect for Reviewing for Tests
So, I just finished my AP Euro class (the class exam was last week). I managed to get an A in what is considered a highly difficult course at my school, and I can proudly say that I only read my textbook the first week of the class. While other students spent hours ...
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Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787
Catherine Drinker Bowen
Back Bay Books, 1986
The Constitution comes alive
I tend to avoid buying just any book, because you read it one time and it has then outgrown its usefulness. This book is one that is needed in every personal library. It reads like a novel, but can most assuredly be used as a reference book. Bowen is a master ...
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The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration
Jack L. Goldsmith
W. W. Norton, 2007
A very important look at a critical issue
I found this to be an extremely valuable book on a radioactive topic--the purported legal justifications for the Bush Administration's "war on terror" and its treatment of detainees. The book takes an unique perspective--the author served for 9 months as the head of ...
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Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment
Anthony Lewis
Basic Books, 2008
Great perspective: Understanding how tenuous the right can be makes us more likely to protect it
One of my favorite things about reading history is getting a perspective on how new some ideas are even when they feel like they've been around forever. This book absolutely has that effect... and it's a really healthy thing.
Lewis does a nice job of laying out the ...
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