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1、PraiseforAlexanderHamilton“InAlexanderHamilton,RonChernow,authorofTheHouseofMorgan,TheWar-burgs,andTitanandabiographyofJohnD.Rockefeller,hasbroughttovividlifethefoundingfatherwhodidmorethananyothertocreatethemodernUnitedStates...[a]magisterialbiography.”—MichaelLi
2、nd,TheWashingtonPost“RonChernow’snewHamiltoncouldnotbemorewelcome.Thisisgrand-scalebi-ographyatitsbest—thorough,insightful,consistentlyfair,andsuperblywritten.ItclearsawaymorethanafewshopwornmisconceptionsaboutHamilton,givescreditwherecreditisdue,andisbothclear-ey
3、edandunderstandingaboutitsveryhumansubject....Thewholelifeandtimesarehereinagenuinelygreatbook.”—DavidMcCullough,authorofJohnAdamsandTruman“RonChernowranksasoneoftoday’sbestwritersofhistoryandbiography.Notonlyishisworkcompellingbut,unusualamongsuchwriters,Chernowa
4、lsohasasoundunderstandingoffinanceandeconomics.Theseskillsshinedthroughinhispreviousbooks....TheyareonceagainonfulldisplayinAlexanderHamilton.”—RaymondJ.Keating,Newsday“Chernow’sHamiltonisasuccess.Rarelydoesabiographeruncoversomuchnewin-formationaboutalong-dead,muc
5、h-chronicledindividual.Rarelydoesabiographerfillinthegapswithsuchincisive,justifiedspeculation.Rarelydoesabiographerwritenarrativesowell.”—SteveWeinberg,St.LouisPost-Dispatch“RonChernowhasproducedanoriginal,illuminating,andhighlyreadablestudyofAlexanderHamiltonthat
6、admirablyintroducesreaderstoHamilton’spersonalityandaccomplishments.ChernowpenetratesmoredeeplyintothemysteriesofHamilton’soriginsandfamilylifethananypreviousbiographer...Chernow’sac-countsofHamilton’scontributionstopoliticaltheory,politics,andthelawarecompelling.
7、”—WalterRussellMead,ForeignAffairs“Likeafewhundredthousandotherpeople,I’vebeenreadingRonChernow’sen-thrallingbiographyofAlexanderHamilton.Itservesasatimelyreminderthattheeraofthefoundingfathers,whichweusuallythinkof(correctly)asatimeofhigh-mindedphilosophicaldisco
8、urse,wasalsofullofvenomousvituperationthathasnoparallelinmodernAmerica.”—MaxBoot,FinancialTimes“Abrillianthistorianhasdoneitagain!Thethoroughnessandinte
