Preface ix
The Steel and the Magnet
1(19)
A Tye More Binding
20(24)
Separation and the New Covenant
44(26)
A New Code of Laws
70(17)
War and the Way of Duty
87(23)
Republican Father
110(23)
Diplomacy at Home and Abroad
133(24)
In the Midst of the World in Solitude
157(18)
At the Court of St. James's
175(19)
Looking Homeward
194(10)
The Most Insignificant Office
204(30)
Splendid Misery
234(32)
The Adamses Retire
266(13)
Time and Silence
279(8)
Acknowledgments 287(4)
Abbreviations 291(2)
Notes 293(22)
Bibliography 315(12)
Index 327