The American Revolution, a global war Book

An excellent short biography of Hamilton, emphasizing his contributions to American foreign relations. Kaplan argues that the contrasts between Hamilton and Jefferson have been overdrawn by historians (even as they were by the two men themselves). Both favored policies intended to help the US develop into a power independent of the control of any European nation. While Hamilton preferred a closer relationship with Britain and a greater distance from France, he was at most an "ambivalent Anglophile," seeing that relationship as beneficial to the US, and less to so Britain.