Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Transaction Introduction -- Introduction -- Part I: The Union Against Great Britain -- 1. The Making of a Revolutionary -- 2. Aide-de-Camp to Washington -- 3. The Struggle Against Inflation -- 4. The Quarrel with Washington -- Part II: The Union Against Chaos -- 5. Congress and the Army -- 6. Law and the Loyalists -- 7. "A Rage for Liberty -- 8. Democracy and Banking -- 9. "More Power to Congress -- 10. The Constitutional Convention (1) -- 11. The Constitutional Convention (2) -- 12. The Federalist -- 13. The Rule of Law -- 14. A More Perfect Union -- Part III: The Union Consummated -- 15. The First Secretary of the Treasury -- 16. The Report on Public Credit -- 17. "Speculators" vs. "Patriots -- 18. The Bank of the United States -- 19. The Report on Manufactures -- 20. The Effort to Transform the American Economy -- 21. The Opposition Emerges -- 22. The Attack Upon Hamilton -- 23. Hamilton's Quarrel with Jefferson and Burr -- Part IV: The Union Against Foreign Aggression -- 24. The Proclamation of Neutrality -- 25. The War Clouds Gather -- 26. The Whisky Rebellion -- 27. Jay's Treaty -- 28. The Election of 1796 -- 29. The Mission to France -- 30. Second in Command of the United States Army -- 31. The War That Refused to Come to a Boil -- 32. The Effort to Avert Peace -- 33. The Election of 1800 -- Part V: The Union Above All -- 34. A Prophet of Woe -- 35. Defender of the Freedom of the Press -- 36. The Duel with Burr -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.