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Book Reviews Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution by Richard Beeman Courtesy of Random House . Reviewed by colonel Alan Cate, USA, Retired B y the mid-1780s, many Americans believed the newly independent United States was dangerously adrift. Under the Articles of Confederation, the loose form of New York, NY: Random House, national government adopted during the Revolution, the 2009 country seemed powerless to confront its enormous prob- 514 pages lems. Mired in depression, and experiencing a serious $ currency drain and rampant inflation, the Confederation Congress in New York could regulate neither trade nor money. Nor could it levy taxes. Unable to honor the recent peace treaty with Britain by paying off pre-war debts, the nation suffered the humiliation of red- coats refusing to vacate posts on American soil.
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