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Author:

Harper, John Lamberton.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xii, 347 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Hamilton, Alexander,--1757-1804.
Machiavelli, Niccolò,--1469-1527.
Statesmen--United States.--Biography.
United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783.
United States--Foreign relations--1783-1815.
United States--Philosophy.--Philosophy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-336) and index.

Contents:

Hamilton then and now. 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.

ISBN:

9780521834858 (hardback)
0521834856 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53013314

LCCN:

2003055907

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)