American Machiavelli: Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign Policy

by John Lamberton Harper

Book Overview

Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) was an illegitimate West Indian emigrant who became the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. American Machiavelli focuses on Hamilton's controversial activities as foreign policy adviser and aspiring military leader. In the first major study of his foreign policy role in 30 years, John Lamberton Harper describes a decade of bitter division over the role of the Federal government in the economy during the 1790s and draws...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521834856
• ISBN13: 9780521834858
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"