A collection of previously published historical papers gathered to present students with the main historical tendencies in the debate over the intended meaning of the Second Amendment of the Constitution. The articles explore whether the amendment (and, by extension, the Constitution as a whole) should be interpreted as a liberal individualist or republican communitarian document, whether the views of the Federalists and the Antifederalists should be given equal weight, and whether the Second Amendment confers a "right of revolution" against the United States. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Whose Right to Bear Arms Did the Second Amendment Protect? (Historians at Work)

Garry Wills

Saul T. Cornell

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Focuses on the writing and impact of the Federalist papers, their arguments in favor of adoption of the Constitution, and their relation to Hamilton, Madison, and other Founding Fathers

Explaining America: The Federalist

History

Americas

DOUBLEDAY

Papal Sin

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Doubleday Books

The author reveals the values and behavior patterns Ronald Reagan brought to his terms as Governor and President

Reagan's America : Innocents at Home

Biographies & Memoirs

William Heinemann, Ltd.

From one of America's foremost historians, Inventing America compares Thomas Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence with the final, accepted version, thereby challenging many long-cherished assumptions about both the man and the document. Although Jefferson has long been idealized as a champion of individual rights, Wills argues that in fact his vision was one in which interdependence, not self-interest, lay at the foundation of society. "No one has offered so drastic a revision or so close or convincing an analysis as Wills has . . . The results are little short of astonishing" (Edmund S. Morgan New York Review of Books ).

Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence

The Athlone Press

Now with a new introduction--award-winning historian Garry Wills's 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 Wills's 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.

Explaining America

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Continuum International Publis

A second volume by the translator for Saint Augustine's Childhood follows the writer's meditative reflections on his life before and after baptism, during which he considers the role of memory in the shaping of identity and one's relationship with God. 15,000 first printing.

Saint Augustine's Memory

Philosophy

VIKING

From one of America's foremost historians, The Kennedy Imprisonment is the definitive historical and psychological analysis of the Kennedy clan. The winner of a Pulitzer Prize, Garry Wills reveals a family that enjoyed public adulation but provided fluctuating leadership, that experienced both unparalleled fame and odd failures, and whose basic values ensnared its men in their own myths of success and masculinity. In the end, Wills reveals that the the Kennedys' crippling conception of power touched every part of their public and private lives, including their relationships with women and world leaders. Sometimes gossipy, sometimes philosophical, The Kennedy Imprisonment is a book that is as true, insightful, and relevant as ever.

The Kennedy Imprisonment a Meditation on Power

Pocket

Under God: Religion and American Politics

World

Simon&Schuster

Discusses why church and state will never be separate in the United States, using the issues of Election '88 as examples

Under God

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