Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Chronology Chapter 3 The Rise of a Wunderkind Chapter 4 The War as Opportunity, 1775-1782 Chapter 5 Toward the Constitution, 1782-1789 Chapter 6 Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-1791 Chapter 7 To the Jay Treaty, 1790-1794 Chapter 8 Behind the Scenes, 1795-1798 Chapter 9 General Manque, 1798-1800 Chapter 10 Epilogue Chapter 11 Bibliographical Essay Chapter 12 Index
Lawrence S. Kaplan is University Professor Emeritus at Kent State University and adjunct professor of history at Georgetown University.
A judiciously balanced account of a highly controversial
subject.
*Forrest McDonald, University of Alabama; author of We the
People*
This briskly written volume is an important contribution to the
never-ending debate over early American foreign policy. Kaplan
clearly demonstrates that while Alexander Hamilton revered British
political institutions, this by no means meant that he was prepared
to endorse or accept British policies. Like his great enemy, Thomas
Jefferson, Hamilton believed that 'the survival and prosperity of
the United States rested on independence from the great powers of
Europe.' Kaplan by no means ignores Hamilton's flaws, but his
analysis convincingly shows us that Hamilton was indeed an
'ambiguous anglophile.'
*Bradford Perkins, University of Michigan*
From Kaplan's years of scholarly immersion in the foreign policy of
the early Republic comes a masterpiece of clarity and insight into
one of its most controversial framers. Alexander Hamilton:
Ambivalent Anglophile is a fresh and long-overdue appraisal that
distills the insights of an eminent scholar. The dean of historians
in his field, Kaplan has captured the essence of Hamilton's
personality and place in the strife-torn issues of foreign
policy.
*Peter Hill, George Washington University*
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