Federalist Paper 10, by James Madison

The theories presented in Federalist Paper #10 by James Madison directly apply to many of the world’s utmost dilemmas. Madison’s first theory states that Factions can be very detrimental to the common, good. Madison’s second theory explains that a strong, large republic is the best form of government. Federalist Paper #10 is one essay in a series of papers written mostly by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton, fighting for the ratification of the United States Constitution. In Federalist Paper #10 James Madison addresses the issue of “how to guard against factions.” The definition of a faction is “a group of citizens, with interest’s contrary to the rights of others or the interests of the whole community.” The solution that James Madison proposed was that a strong, large republic is better protected from factions than any other type of government. Several foreign policy events that prove Madison’s theories are; The Vietnam War, September 11th and the War on Terror, the Watergate Scandal, and Reaganomics. Madison’s theories presented in Federalist Paper #10 are precise, and still used throughout modern history.

During the Vietnam War factions were a major aspect of ever part of the war. The war commenced in 1955 when the Chinese Communist Force won the civil war in China, thus converting China to Communism. The United States were then asked to join the fight against Communism by the French. Both the United States and France were afraid that the remainder of Southeast Asia would fall to Communism. So the United States began to send military advisors to aid the South Vietnamese Army. In 1956 the French suddenly backed out of the war, and all of a sudden it was the United States’ responsibility to prevent th...

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