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"An impressive gallop through eighty years of U.S. history."--Literary Review
"Hamilton does a superb job of getting at [the presidents''] essences. . . . Anyone who enjoys reading history,
and loves to look behind the curtain to see the wizards at work, will find this book well worth reading."--Internet Review
of Books
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In view of the rise of the U.S. to global superpower status, the twentieth
century has been called “the American Century.” Best-selling biographer and historian Nigel Hamilton now gives
us the lives of the twelve men who presided over America’s imperial fortunes – the good, the bad, and the truly
awful.
Not since the days of the Roman emperors has there been such a succession of rulers holding the fate of
the world in their hands. How did these American Caesars reach the White House? What were the challenges they faced, and how
did they meet them? And who were these men in their private lives?
Nigel Hamilton’s short, candid, critical
portraits of the twelve presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush are compulsively readable. Packed with unforgettable
characters as well as stories, lessons and revelations, American Caesars is essential reading for our times.
After Words: Nigel Hamilton, "American Caesars," hosted by Richard Norton Smith,
George Mason University Click to watch
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"An outstanding book. . . . A commanding study on the
nature of personal authority and the presidency."--Irish Times
"[A] provocative, stimulating, infuriating and readable
history." Hugh MacDonald - Herald Scotland
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