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What I call the “Rah Rah James Monroe” section in the prologue:.

The writing itself was decent, with the text possessing a strong narrative approach, especially in regards to the prologue’s opening paragraph. It certainly made it easier to follow along with what was happening.

Like David McCullough’s John Adams and Jon Meacham’s recent book on Andrew Jackson, this new biography of Monroe is both a solid read and stellar scholarship-history in the grand tradition What works Mentored by each of America’s first four presidents, Monroe was unquestionably the best-prepared president in our history. The country embraced Monroe’s dreams of empire and elected him to two terms, the second time unanimously.

minister to France and Britain, governor of Virginia, secretary of state, secretary of war, and finally America’s fifth president. Decorated by George Washington for his exploits as a soldier, Monroe became a congressman, a senator, U.S. A fierce fighter in four critical Revolutionary War battles and a courageous survivor of Valley Forge and a near-fatal wound at the Battle of Trenton, James Monroe (1751–1831) went on to become America’s first full-time politician, dedicating his life to securing America’s national and international durability.

In this lively and compelling biography, Harlow Giles Unger reveals the dominant political figure of a generation.