The book “Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution” by Jack Rakove can be evaluated as one of the best works on the events of the creation of the American Constitution. Within the book the audience will find a logical and coherent argument written in a chronological order and leading the reader through the achievements of the American statesmen. Jack Rakove, the book’s author is a well-known American historian and author, who works as a professor at Stanford University. Generally, the book can be described as a fine piece on history of the creation of the Constitution of the United States providing sustainable data and an interesting layout helping to see all the variety of problematic issues which appeared before the creators of the Constitution during those days.
The book begins with a review of the beginning of the national politics. Then the author shifts to the interpretive history of the Continental Congress. After this, Rakove turns his attention to James Madison’s achievements during the creation of republic. Within the book numerous important questions are addressed including the foundations of presidency, federalism and originalism. Discussing the events addressed in the book under consideration, it should be stated that they are addressed in a way easy for understanding and evaluating their results for the future of the country. Through the pages of the book it becomes clear that the great men who worked on the creation of the American Constitution went through a row of severe tests and hardships which, however, never weakened their burning love to their Motherland and the desire to create a basis for building a powerful state which would be a stronghold of democracy and liberty in the world. The author presents a well-developed argument on how exactly historical and political matters were involved into the process of the country’s liberation and democratization.
Reflecting on the information related in this book, I would say that it is very interesting and adds numerous details to my previous knowledge. The author put a lot of work into revealing unknown details which really help to understand the ideas and motivation behind the actions of numerous important political figures including Madison and his team-mates. With regards to the author’s style, it should be said that it is rather interesting, innovative and understandable. The strength of his style is in the ability to make every reader interested and involved into the process of studying. The book is developed in a way which helps to understand the actions of statesmen, their motivation and the ideas which inspired them. As far as I believe, one more important detail of this book is its interesting argument on all the difficulties of creating such a considerable piece of judicial thought as the Constitution of the United States.
Concluding on all the information related above, it should be stated that the book “Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution” written by Jack Rakove can be described as an efficient work on the history of creation of the American Constitution. Reading this book has gotten me into thinking about the abundance of efforts by the great forefathers of American democracy put in order to build one of the most powerful countries in the world.