Washington and Hamilton
The Alliance That Forged America

I received a republication copy of this book (September 15, 2015) through NetGalley with the understanding that I would publish are review on my blog, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Google + pages along with NetGalley, Amazon and Goodreads. I requested this book because I am interested in american h......more

This book about the military, political, and ultimately personal alliance between George Washington and Alexander Hamilton - which spanned over 20 years - begins as a fairly straightforward dual biography, as opposed to an in-depth analysis of the pair's relationship. Perhaps the book is written wit......more

It's amazing to me that a book about our founding fathers can still be so relevant today. This was a well-researched look at the intertwined lives of some of our most respected founders....and often made me wonder whether they all deserve that respect.......more

I feel kinda disappointed by this book because the title made me believe that it would be about Washington and Hamilton's friendship - their "alliance", but instead it's really just a dual biography. A well written, detailed, biography.......more

I am not aware, nor do I believe, that a more succinct work of academia exists as informative and engrossing as Washington and Hamilton: The Alliance That Forged America by Tony Williams and Stephen Knott. The authors performed a tremendous feat of compressing several lengthy volumes of text and ass......more