H.W. Brands is one of the pre-eminent historians today and has written numerous books that have not only won plaudits and awards but have changed the way we look at figures as diverse as Benjamin Franklin, Franklin Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan. We discuss his new book, Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of the American Politics. With one eye glued to our current political situation – in particular, the events of January 6th, 2021, in which, for the first time in American history, citizens were encouraged to defy the results of a presidential election – Brands delves into the political views as well as the personal proclivities of four individuals who hd a profound impact on how our country evolved.

What we cover –

• How Alexander Hamilton and James Madison turned the “fiasco” of the Annapolis Convention into the triumph of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
• The birth and rise of the Federalist and Anti-Federalist/Republican Parties.
• How the Hamilton-Madison alliance turned into one of the most impactful disputes in American history.
• How Thomas Jefferson and James Madison created an alliance that took on the alliance of George Washington and Alexander Hamilton.
• What we can learn today from the country’s initial birth of partisanship.

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