American Machiavelli: Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign Policy

Abstract

Part I. The Coming of Necessity: 1. From providence to fortune, 1757(?)-1781 2. Prepared to be not good, 1781-1788 Part II. Battle Lines are Drawn: 3. At Washington's side again, 1789 4. Hamilton versus the Virginians, 1789-1791 5. The Nootka Sound Crisis, part one: the Morris mission 6. The Nootka Sound Crisis, part two: Hamilton and Jefferson 7. Liaisons Dangereuses, 1791-1792 Part III. Seizing the Helm: 8. The birth of American neutrality, February-May, 1793 9. 'A most distressing dilemma', May-December, 1793 10. Hamilton and the war crisis of 1794 11. The Jay treaty Part IV. Informal Adviser to the Prince: 12. Return to not-so-private life, 1794-1795 13. 'Camillus' into the breach, 1795 14. A high-stakes game: Washington's farewell address, 1796 15. Transition to the new regime, 1796-97 Part V. A Prince in His Own Right?: 16. Hamilton and Adams: the background 17. Hamilton's 'Grand Plan' 18. Hamilton's army, part one, 1797-1798 19. Hamilton's army, part two, 1798-1799 20. Killing two birds with one stone, 1799 Part VI. The Lesser of Evils: 21. 1800 and after 22. From fortune into providence.