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Nation builder : John Quincy Adams and the grand strategy of the republic /

America's rise from revolutionary colonies to a world power is often treated as inevitable. But Charles N. Edel's provocative biography of John Q. Adams argues that he served as the central architect of a grand strategy whose ideas and policies made him a critical link between the founding...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Edel, Charles N., 1979- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
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Résumé:America's rise from revolutionary colonies to a world power is often treated as inevitable. But Charles N. Edel's provocative biography of John Q. Adams argues that he served as the central architect of a grand strategy whose ideas and policies made him a critical link between the founding generation and the Civil War-era nation of Lincoln.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (392 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-381) and index.
ISBN:0674735633
9780674735637