A richly detailed biography of the president whose Monroe Doctrine continues to guide American policy to the present day.

"All major founders of the American nation have modern documentary collections - with the notable exception of James Monroe. Yet Monroe was not a minor figure,

The former senator offers a provocative new assessment of the first "national security president"--James Monroe--remembered for being the last of the Virginia d

When James Monroe became president in 1817, the United States urgently needed a national transportation system to connect new states and territories in the west