During the first six of the ten months covered by this volume, Madison completed his initial period of service as a delegate from Virginia in the Congress of the Confederation. His correspondence with Thomas Jefferson and Edmund Randolph, as well as his other papers, reveal the mounting difficulties besetting him and his fellow nationalists who sought to preserve a union among the thirteen states. The major problems, which included demobilizing the discontented army, obtaining public revenue, funding the Confederation debt, pressing the British to evacuate their military posts, enforcing the...

Discusses the proper roles of the executive and legislative branches in the conduct of American foreign policy. This book includes debates which address whether Washington had the authority to declare America neutral, despite an early alliance treaty with France.

Provides a discussion about the proper roles of the executive and legislative branches in the conduct of American foreign policy.