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A review by lord_petros
A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution by Carol Berkin
informative
5.0
This is a great book for high school students to read (provided they have time, which I'm sure they don't) alongside their textbook. This popular history shows the men involved in creating the new government for the United States as humans with both virtues and flaws, not mythologized figures or caricatures. Both their virtues and flaws significantly influenced the form of government that came out of the Constitutional Convention.
I think this is a good historical introduction for people looking to delve deeper into this topic. As a popular history with a strong narrative, the book is a bit short on the political theory and analysis, but it provides enough of it to do what this book is trying to do, and to be a starting place for those who are trying to decide if they want to dive deeper into the topic.
I think this is a good historical introduction for people looking to delve deeper into this topic. As a popular history with a strong narrative, the book is a bit short on the political theory and analysis, but it provides enough of it to do what this book is trying to do, and to be a starting place for those who are trying to decide if they want to dive deeper into the topic.