Alexander Hamilton: A Concise BiographyOxford University Press, 1976 - 395 pages An unsentimental view of the American Revolution, showing the breakdown of the central government, uncontrolled inflation, gross ineptitude and other hardships and shortcomings. Presents the winning of independence as an enormous achievement in the face of very bad odds. |
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