John Adams and the Diplomacy of the American Revolution - Paperback

by James H. Hutson (Author)

The figure of John Adams looms large in American foreign relations of the Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary years. James H. Hutson captures this elusive personality of this remarkable figure, highlighting the triumphs and the despairs that Adams experienced as he sought-at times, he felt, single-handedly-to establish the new Republic on a solid footing among the nations of the world. Benjamin Franklin, thirty years Adams's senior and already a world-respected figure, was his personal nemesis,

Author Biography

James H. Hutson is supervisory librarian at the Library of Congress. He has taught history at Yale University and served as assistant editor of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin.