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*"Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war." <ref> Quoted in ''Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989'' by Michael Beschloss </ref>'''
*"Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war." <ref> Quoted in ''Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989'' by Michael Beschloss </ref>'''
==Further reading==
*see the detailed Bibliography below
* Diggins, John Patrick. ''John Adams: The American Presidents Series''(2003) [http://www.amazon.com/John-Adams-Presidents-Patrick-Diggins/dp/0805069372/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208831547&sr=1-6 excerpt and text search]
* Ellis, Joseph J. ''Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams'' (2001) [http://www.amazon.com/Passionate-Sage-Character-Legacy-Adams/dp/0393311333/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208831547&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]
* Ferling, John. ''John Adams: A Life'' (1996) [http://www.amazon.com/John-Adams-Life-Ferling/dp/0805045767/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208831547&sr=1-11 excerpt and text search]
* Paul Finkelman, Paul, ed. ''Encyclopedia of the New American Nation, 1754–1829'' (2005), 1600 pp.
* Larson, Edward J. ''A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign.'' (2007). 333 pp. on 1800 [http://www.common-place.org/vol-08/no-03/reviews/opal.shtml online review]
* McCullough, David. ''John Adams'' (2001), 768pp; popular best seller and base of 2008 PBS series [http://www.amazon.com/John-Adams-David-McCullough/dp/141657588X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208831385&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
==Bibliography==
* Aldridge, A. Owen. "John Adams: Pioneer American Conservative," ''Modern Age'' Volume 44, Number 3; Summer 2002 [http://www.mmisi.org/ma/44_03/aldridge.pdf online edition]
* Brown, Ralph A. ''The Presidency of John Adams.'' (1988). Political narrative.
* Chinard, Gilbert. ''Honest John Adams.'' (1933). short life
* Diggins, John Patrick. ''John Adams'' (2003) short interpretation by leading scholar [http://www.amazon.com/John-Adams-Presidents-Patrick-Diggins/dp/0805069372/ref=sr_1_5/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193064176&sr=8-5 excerpt and text search]
* Elkins, Stanley M. and Eric McKitrick, ''The Age of Federalism''. (1993), most advanced political history of 1790s [http://www.questia.com/read/59152800 online edition]
* Ellis, Joseph J. ''Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams'' (1993), interpretative essay by Pulitzer prize winning scholar. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=100942304 online edition]
* Ferling, John. ''Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800.'' (2004), narrative history of the election [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=108219147 online edition]
* Ferling, John. ''John Adams: A Life.'' (1992), full scale biography
* Grant, James. ''John Adams: Party of One.''(2005), short biography
* Haraszti, Zoltan. ''John Adams and the Prophets of Progress''. (1952). Adams's political comments on numerous authors
* Kirk, Russell. "John Adams and Liberty under the Law" ch 3 of Kirk, ''The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Santayana'' (1953) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=55416563 online edition]
* Knollenberg, Bernard. ''Growth of the American Revolution: 1766-1775,''(2003). [http://oll.libertyfund.org/Home3/Book.php?recordID=0485 Online edition.]
* Kurtz, Stephen G. ''The Presidency of John Adams: The Collapse of Federalism, 1795-1800'' (1957). Detailed political narrative. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=14355519 online edition]
* McCullough, David. ''John Adams.'' (2002). Best-selling popular biography, stressing Adams's character and his marriage with Abigail over his ideas and constitutional thoughts. Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in Biography. [http://www.amazon.com/John-Adams-David-McCullough/dp/0743223136/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193064176&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Miller, John C. ''The Federalist Era: 1789-1801.'' (1960). Thorough survey of politics in decade.
* Ryerson, Richard Alan, ed. ''John Adams and the Founding of the Republic'' (2001). Essays by scholars: "John Adams and the Massachusetts Provincial Elite," by William Pencak; "Before Fame: Young John Adams and Thomas Jefferson," by John Ferling; "John Adams and the 'Bolder Plan,'" by Gregg L. Lint; "In the Shadow of Washington: John Adams as Vice President," by Jack D. Warren; "The Presidential Election of 1796," by Joanne B. Freeman; "The Disenchantment of a Radical Whig: John Adams Reckons with Free Speech," by Richard D. Brown; "'Splendid Misery': Abigail Adams as First Lady," by Edith B. Gelles; "John Adams and the Science of Politics," by C. Bradley Thompson; and "Presidents as Historians: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson," by Herbert Sloan.
* Scherr, Arthur. "James Monroe and John Adams: An Unlikely 'Friendship'". ''The Historian'' 67#3 (2005) pp 405+. [http://www.questia.com/read/5019026982 online edition]
* Sharp, James. ''American Politics in the Early Republic: The New Nation in Crisis.'' (1995), detailed political narrative of 1790s.
* Smith, Page. ''John Adams''. (1962) 2 volume; full-scale biography, winner of the Bancroft Prize
* Thompson, C. Bradley. ''John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty''. (1998). Analysis of Adams's political thought; insists Adams was the greatest political thinker among the Founding Generation and anticipated many of the ideas in ''The Federalist.''
* White, Leonard D. ''The Federalists: A Study in Administrative History'' (1956), thorough analysis of the mechanics of government in 1790s
* White, Morton. "Rights, Powers, and John Adams" in White, ''The Philosophy of the American Revolution'' (1978) pp 186+ [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=26095873 online edition]
* Wood, Gordon S. ''Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different’’ (2006)
===Primary sources===
*Adams, Charles F. ''The Works of John Adams, with Life'' (10 vols., Boston, 1850-1856) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=321010 online edition vol 1]; [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=60210473 online edition vol 2];
*Adams, Abigail, Adams, John, Shuffelton, Frank. ''The Letters of John and Abigail Adams''. ISBN 0142437115
* Butterfield, L. H. et al., eds., ''The Adams Papers'' (1961- ). Multivolume letterpress edition of all letters to and from major members of the Adams family, plus their diaries; still incomplete [http://www.masshist.org/adams_editorial/volumes_published.cfm].
* Cappon, Lester J. ed. ''The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams'' (1988).
* Carey, George W. ed. ''The Political Writings of John Adams.'' (2000). 748 pp. ISBN 9780895262929 Compilation of extracts from Adams's major political writings.
* Diggins, John P., ed. ''The Portable John Adams''. (2004)
* John A. Schutz and Douglass Adair, eds. ''Spur of Fame, The Dialogues of John Adams and Benjamin Rush, 1805–1813'' (1966) ISBN 978-0-86597-287-2
* C. Bradley Thompson, ed. ''Revolutionary Writings of John Adams,'' (2001) ISBN 978-0-86597-285-8
* John Adams, ''Novanglus; or, A History of the Dispute with America'' (1774) [http://oll.libertyfund.org/Home3/Book.php?recordID=0284 online version]
* Abigail Adams and John Adams. ''My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams'' edited by Joseph J. Ellis, and Margaret A. Hogan (2007)
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