Thomas Jefferson the art of power

Didn't change my view that TJ was sort of a jerk. Author's point is that we, at this distance, don't see how scared TJ was, how the threat of British re-conquest seemed so real. Jefferson would do anything to prevent what he saw as leading to that. Author more or less referred to TJ as passive-aggressive. Virginian way not to have conflicts, just sort of slide around them instead. Write something nasty but don't put your name to it. Have other people do the dirty work.