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By David McCullough
Despite his central role in the forging of
an independent United States of America,
as revolutionary agitator, political theorist,
diplomat, first Vice President, and second
President, John Adams fell into relative
obscurity. That is, until this acclaimed
book attempted to redress that injustice.
This should be required reading for anyone
interested in the Revolutionary War era and
the founding of the American republic.
Perhaps the most intriguing section
of the
book is the author’s revisionist
look at
Adams’ Presidency. Traditionally,
President
Adams has been portrayed as a
great failure,
trampling civil liberties with
the Alien
and Sedition Acts and thus becoming
the first
chief executive to lose his race
for re-election.
McCullough, by contrast, presents
Adams as
wisely keeping the fledgling
United States
out of potentially disastrous
wars with Britain
and France despite severe provocations
from
each and public clamor for a
military response. |
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