Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Long Road to the Second Amendment
1. Julius Caesar Crosses the Rubicon
2. Niccolò Machiavelli Retires to His Estate
3. The Fall of La Rochelle
4. England’s Parliament Debates the Militia Act
5. Bacon’s Rebels Burn Jamestown to the Ground
6. Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun Publishes A Discourse of Government with Relation to Militias
7. The Stono Rebels Head for Florida
8. The Minutemen Turn Back the Redcoats at Concord Bridge
9. Hamilton, Madison, and Jay Publish The Federalist
10. Congress Amends the Constitution
Epilogue: The Long Road from the Second Amendment
Notes
Index