CraigVanGrasstek, Trade and American leadership: the paradoxes of power and wealth from Alexander Hamilton to Donald Trump (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Pp. xxviii+475. 20 figs. 19 tabs. ISBN 9781108476959 Hbk. £30.99)

Abstract Seth Masket’s new book, Learning From Loss: The Democrats 2016–2020 (Cambridge University Press, 2020) asks how the modern Democratic party absorbed Hillary Clinton’s 2016 defeat and responded to it while preparing to nominate its candidate in 2020. Masket makes a persuasive case that the Democratic party managed its coalition and made strategic adaptations to its rules to help it win the 2020 election. In particular, he shows how competing narratives about Hillary Clinton’s 2016 loss to Donald Trump played an important role in activists’ decision making in the lead-up to 2020.

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Was Alexander Hamilton a Machiavellian Prince? - John Lamberton Harper: American Machiavelli: Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign Policy. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, Pp. xii, 347. $30.00.)

The Review of Politics ◽

10.1017/s0034670500043473 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 67 (1) ◽

pp. 179-181

Author(s):

Michael D. Chan

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

Alexander Hamilton ◽

Cambridge University

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JOHN LAMBERTON HARPER. American Machiavelli: Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign Policy. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2004. Pp. xii, 347. $30.00

The American Historical Review ◽

10.1086/ahr.110.3.784-a ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 110 (3) ◽

pp. 784-785

Author(s):

J. H. Read

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Foreign Policy ◽

Alexander Hamilton ◽

Cambridge University

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In the Shadow of the Cold War: American Foreign Policy from George Bush Sr. to Donald Trump by Timothy J. Lynch. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2020. 293 pp. Paper, $24.99.

Political Science Quarterly ◽

10.1002/polq.13109 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 135 (4) ◽

pp. 731-733

Author(s):

Richard Immerman

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Foreign Policy ◽

Cold War ◽

American Foreign Policy ◽

Donald Trump ◽

Cambridge University ◽

George Bush ◽

The Cold War

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Alexander Hamilton and the 2016 Election

Representation and the Electoral College ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190939427.003.0007 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 151-175

Author(s):

Robert M. Alexander

Keyword(s):

Presidential Election ◽

The Body ◽

Electoral College ◽

Hillary Clinton ◽

Alexander Hamilton ◽

Donald Trump ◽

Presidential Candidates ◽

The Past ◽

Electoral Vote ◽

2016 Election

This chapter examines the 2016 election through the lens of the Electoral College. The election represents the sixth time the popular vote winner did not win the Electoral College vote. It also represents the most faithless votes cast for president in any presidential election, and it is the second time in the past three elections that a state split its electoral vote between presidential candidates. Particular attention is devoted to the so-called Hamilton elector movement that aimed to have electors select an alternative candidate to Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. A survey of the 2016 Electoral College reveals that a record number of electors considered voting contrary to expectations, and most all electors were lobbied to do so. Electoral College lobbyists consisted of citizens throughout the country and members of the body itself. Reservations over elector discretion draws attention to the differences between the original Electoral College and the evolved body.

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