John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit

Penetrating, detailed, and very readable. . . . A splendid biography. -- Wall Street Journal

Few figures in American history have held as many roles in public life as John Quincy Adams. The son of John Adams, he was a brilliant ambassador and secretary of state, a frustrated president, and a dedicated congressman who staunchly opposed slavery. In John Quincy Adams, scholar and journalist James Traub draws on Adams's diaries, letters, and writings to evoke his numerous achievements-and failures-in office. A man of unwavering moral convictions, Adams is the father of foreign policy realism and one of the first proponents of the activist government. But John Quincy Adams is first and foremost the story of a brilliant, flinty, and unyielding man whose life exemplified admirable political courage.

Author: James Traub
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 10/10/2017
Pages: 656
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.80d
ISBN13: 9780465093830
ISBN10: 0465093833
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads of State
- Biography & Autobiography | Political
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical

About the Author
James Traub has spent the last forty years as a journalist for American's leading publications, including the New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine. He now teaches foreign policy and intellectual history at New York University and at NYU Abu Dhabi, and is a columnist and contributor at Foreign Policy. He is the author of six previous books on foreign and domestic affairs. His most recent work is John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit. He lives in New York City.