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The author traces the story of how the first confederal type unions sprang up in Ancient Greece and how they were revived in medieval and early modern times, not just in Switzerland and the Dutch Republic, but in New England's colonies of the 17th century.

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Before it became a federation, the United States was briefly a "confederation", a much looser union composed of states rather than of peoples. "Unions of states" to promote economic well-being and to prevent war are now being revived. This study analyzes modern confederalism.

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An examination of security confederations of the modern eras. It covers: America's confederal union during the winning of the Revolutionary War; Switzerland's in post-Napoleonic Europe; and Germany's during the turbulence of the Austro-Prussian confrontation.