FATAL FRIENDSHIP PB - Couverture souple

Rogow, Arnold

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0809016214 ISBN 13 : 9780809016211

Editeur : Hill and Wang, 1999

Synopsis

A dramatic reinterpretation of the duel that shocked America.

For almost two centuries, historians have struggled to explain the extraordinary duel that killed Alexander Hamilton, our first Secretary of the Treasury, and ended Vice President Aaron Burr's political career. In A Fatal Friendship, the distinguished political scientist Arnold A. Rogow demonstrates for the first time that the roots of the fatal encounter lay not in Burr's (admittedly flawed) political or private conduct but rather in Hamilton's conflicted history and character.

With his detailed archival research, his close (and unprecedented) examination of the friendship between the two heroic figures, and his bold, imaginative writing, Rogow changes forever our understanding of honor, politics, and friendship in the early American Republic.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Arnold A. Rogow has taught at Stanford University, the University of Iowa, and the City University of New York. He is the author of many books, including James Forrestal: A Study of Personality, Politics, and Policy. He lives in New York City.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hill and Wang
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0809016214
• ISBN 13: 9780809016211
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 372
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• Personne responsable: non disponible