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Laddar... An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Double Life of General James…av Andro Linklater
   Ingen/inga Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken.  la2bkk | May 11, 2019 |  I came across this while on vacation and looking for a book as I read all I brought, and this book did not disappoint. A fairly fast read, it had me hooked on a subject and era I enjoy, but I never knew this character existed. The book tied into about 7 books I have also read, which made it that much more interesting. A great part of American History I didn't know much about until now, glad I found this. (  ) MichaelGlenn | Sep 6, 2018 | Perhaps Benedict Arnold was not the most nefarious of traitors in American history after all. Though he is still the most infamous. It is fascinating to think that a man could become the highest ranking Army/military officer in the nation and be a spy for another country at the same time. And get away with it for many years. Well written and researched book about a man I knew little about. He talks about not just the facts but also discusses what could have motivated Gen Wilkinson to treason and his choices. Very interesting view into the early American political life as we see sides of many famous people that I've read little of. He served under four presidents and had a relationship with each one. Oddly enough Jefferson was his biggest supporter and Madison his greatest enemy of the four. Not only is a different side of famous people seen here but also the fragility of the nation in our first years is clear. Now we look back at our past with the certainty of knowing things turned out the way they did but the people living then did not live with confidence that America would be a successful nation. (  ) Chris_El | Mar 19, 2015 |  Det här är en av LibraryThings förhandsrecensioner. jonasreads | Sep 22, 2012 | Det här är en av LibraryThings förhandsrecensioner. ) gwalklin | Nov 9, 2010 | inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
Patriot, traitor, general, spy: James Wilkinson was a consummate contradiction. Brilliant and precocious, at age twenty he was both the youngest general in the revolutionary Continental Army, and privy to the Conway cabal to oust Washington from command. He was Benedict Arnold's aide, but the first to reveal Arnold's treachery. By 38, he was the senior general in the United States army--and had turned traitor himself. Wilkinson's audacious career in the Spanish secret service while in command of American forces is all the more remarkable because it was anything but hidden. Though he betrayed America's strategic secrets and sought to keep the new country from expanding beyond the Mississippi, four presidents turned a blind eye to his treachery--gambling that Wilkinson would never use the army to overthrow our nascent democracy. The crucial test came in 1806, when Wilkinson turned the army against Aaron Burr and foiled his conspiracy to break up the Union.--From publisher description. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Unfortunately, the author’s writing style, and his unnecessary attention to minutia, often makes the reading somewhat tedious. (