Monday, February 27, 2012

The Federalist Papers (post 2)

I didn't make it through too much more of the book, but they did cover some interesting topics, including the necessity for unity among the states. Basically, they said that the states needed to be united to defeat foreign powers and to prevent them from easily taking over the US. Alexander Hamilton was the main one who was saying stuff in the few articles that I read, and it was very difficult to understand his writing, so I didn't really get through too much each night. Still, by rereading, I was able to understand the writing pretty well, so I would still recommend the book, but if you want to read it, you need to have some interest in the topic, because otherwise you would end up pretty bored and confused. Also, you do need to have a lot of time set aside to read this book because you will probably only be able to read through a few pages a night, as I was also only able to do that before I fell asleep. Still, overall, a great, difficult read.

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