The pursuit of liberty: how Hamilton vs. Jefferson ignited the lasting battle over power in America

Introduction: "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived Was Julius Caesar": The Dinner Party That Defined America

Chapter One: "The Will of the Majority Should Always Prevail": Thomas Jefferson's Declaration

Chapter Two: "The Perfect Balance between Liberty and Power": Alexander Hamilton's Constitution

Chapter Three: 1790-1791: "Necessary and Proper": Hamilton and Jefferson's Battle over the Bank

Chapter Four: 1792-1800: "Nullification Is the Rightful Remedy": Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison on Sedition and Insurrection

Chapter Five: 1800-1826: "Let the End Be Legitimate": President Jefferson, Chief Justice Marshall, and Aaron Burr in Court

Chapter Six: 1826-1861: "All Honor to Jefferson": Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John Calhoun, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln on Union and Secession

Chapter Seven: 1861-1901: "The Fame of Hamilton Is Waxing": James Garfield, John Bingham, Joseph Bradley, and John Marshall Harlan on Reconstruction

Chapter Eight: 1901-1932: "Hamiltonian Means to Achieve Jeffersonian Ends": Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, Woodrow Wilson, and Calvin Coolidge on the New Nationalism and New Freedom

Chapter Nine: 1932-1968: "Economic Hamiltonians Have Become Political Jeffersonians": Franklin D. Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Hugo Black, and George Wallace on the New Deal

Chapter Ten: 1968-2016: "No Longer the Party of Thomas Jefferson": Ronald Reagan, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, and Barack Obama on the New Federalism

Conclusion: 2016-2026: "They Don't Want Thomas Jefferson Anymore": Donald Trump, Julius Caesar, and America at 250.