Tyson Reeder

Serpent in Eden (eBook, ePUB)

Foreign Meddling and Partisan Politics in James Madison's America

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Produktbeschreibung

A story of espionage, shadow diplomacy, foreign scheming, and domestic backstabbing in the formative years of the American republic. Tyson Reeder's book traces early America's rocky beginnings, when foreign interference and political conflict threatened to undermine its aspirations and ideals, even its very existence. Spanning the period from the Revolution to the War of 1812, and focusing particularly on the presidency of James Madison, it reveals a nation adjusting to rancorous partisan politics, aggravated by the untested and imperfect new tools of governance and the growing power of media. Foreign powers, mainly Great Britain and Napoleonic France, exploited these conditions to advance their own agendas, interfering in U.S. elections to promote the outcome they favored. Dissent and disloyalty became dangerously interdigitated, nearly bringing the new republic to the brink of collapse. No figure was more in the center of it all than James Madison. As a leading delegate at the Constitutional Convention, Republican congressional leader, secretary of state, and president, Madison grappled with foreign meddling for over three decades. At the same time, he emerged as a political leader, feeding the very partisanship that bred foreign intrigues. As chief executive, he presided over the calamitous barrage of accusations and counteraccusations of foreign collusion that culminated in the War of 1812. Madison left a mixed but indelible legacy: as a fierce adversary of foreign interference, a fiery champion of political debate, and a partisan operative who facilitated the former by inflaming the latter. Forged in partisan conflict, the United States remains vulnerable to forces that test whether the constitutional system Madison was so central in implementing can withstand outside meddling while accommodating partisan conflict. Madison's successes and failures, along with his original vision of the Constitution and party politics, illuminate the ongoing struggle between domestic polarization and foreign interference.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197628614
• Artikelnr.: 70722821

Autorenporträt

Tyson Reeder teaches history at Brigham Young University and taught previously at the University of Virginia, where he was an editor of the Papers of James Madison. He is the author of Smugglers, Pirates, and Patriots: Free Trade in the Age of Revolution (2019) and editor of the Routledge History of U.S. Foreign Relations (2021), in addition to numerous articles and book chapters.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Spy and the Con Artist
The Politician
Partisans
Sovereigns
The West
The Crisis
Chapter 1: "Guile in the Garden"
The Theorist
The Council
Allies
Peace
Congress
Confederacies
Chapter 2: "Calamities from Abroad"
The Journey
The River
The Mansion
The Convention
The General
Federalists
Separatists
Chapter 3: "The Epoch of Party Formation"
The Cabinet
Partners
Number 7
Backchannels
Debt
Boarders
Parties
Chapter 4: "Kindling Parties"
The Mission
Vox Populi
Vox Dei
Terrorism
Games
Chapter 5: "A Vile Underhand Game"
Marriages
Fires
Number 10
Accusations
Whispers
Opponents
Farewells
Chapter 6: "Jefferson's Election as President"
Candidates
The Election
The Conspiracy
The Bribe
The Pole
Shade
Strategy
Chapter 7: "Embryo of a Tornado"
Chess
Storms
The Inauguration
The Territory
The Secretary
Neighbors
The Purchase
The Minority
Chapter 8: "Corrupting the Citizens"
The Gulf
The Proposal
The Recall
The Press
Argent
Sovereignty
The Venezuelan
The People
Chapter 9: "The Burr Fever"
Merry
Yrujo
Number 13
Arrests
Blame
Prisoners
The Trial
Chapter 10: "The Election of Mr. Madison"
Conflict
Embargo
Documents
The Junto
The Spy
The Suit
Chapter 11: "Murdered By British Intrigue"
Land
Prophetstown
The Treaty
The Battle
The Triumvirate
Chapter 12: "A Serpent, in the Shape of a Spy"
The Irishman
The Count
Trust
Distrust
Names
Eden
The Message
Epilogue: The Fall of Washington
Flames
Madisons
Legacy
Notes