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American Machiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the origins of U.S. foreign policy /

"This book is the first detailed narrative study of his foreign policy role and ideas to appear in more than thirty years. It focuses on Hamilton's controversial activities as a key member of President George Washington's cabinet and as an aspiring military leader in the 1790s, a deca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harper, John Lamberton
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From providence into fortune, 1757 -1781
  • Prepared to be not good, 1781-1788
  • At Washington's side again, 1789
  • Hamilton versus the Virginians, 1789-1791
  • The Nootka Sound Crisis, part one : the Morris Mission
  • Nootka Sound, part two : the view from New York
  • Liaisons dangereuses, 1791-1792
  • The birth of American neutrality, February-May 1793
  • "A most distressing dilemma," May-December 1793
  • Hamilton and the crisis of 1794
  • The Jay Treaty
  • Return to not-so-private life, 1794-1795
  • "Camillus" into the breach
  • A high-stakes game : Washington's farewell address, 1796
  • Transition to the new regime, 1796-1797
  • Hamilton and Adams : the background
  • Hamilton's "grand plan"
  • Hamilton and his army, part one, 1797-1798
  • Hamilton and his army, part two, 1798-1799
  • Killing two birds with one stone, 1799
  • 1800 and after
  • From fortune into providence
  • Conclusion : Hamilton then and now.