"Penetrating, detailed, and very readable. . . . A splendid biography." -- Wall Street JournalFew 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.
- ISBN10 0465093833
- ISBN13 9780465093830
- Publish Date 10 October 2017 (first published 22 March 2016)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Basic Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 656
- Language English