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 "The Untold Story of the Extraordinary Alliance That Forged Our Nation and the Unlikely Duo Behind It: George Washington & Alexander Hamilton

In the wake of the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers faced a daunting task: overcome their competing visions to build a new nation, the likes of which the world had never seen. As hostile debates raged over how to protect their new hard-won freedoms, two men formed an improbable partnership that would launch the fledgling United States: George Washington and Alexander Hamilton.

Washington and Hamilton chronicles the unlikely collaboration between these two conflicting characters at the heart of our national narrative: Washington, the indispensable general devoted to classical virtues, and Hamilton, an ambitious officer and lawyer eager for fame of the noblest kind.

Working together, they laid the groundwork for the institutions that govern the United States to this day and protected each other from bitter attacks from Jefferson and Madison, who considered their policies a betrayal of the republican ideals they had fought for.

Yet while Washington and Hamilton's different personalities often led to fruitful collaboration, their conflicting ideals also tested the boundaries of their relationship Â?and threatened the future of the new republic.

From the rumblings of the American Revolution through the fractious Constitutional Convention and America's turbulent first years, this captivating history reveals the stunning impact of this unlikely duo that set the United States on the path to becoming a superpower."

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REVIEW: 

"You can't find two more disparate personalities than these two Founding Fathers. The volatile yet brilliant Hamilton and the steady, deliberate, extraordinary leader in Washington. It is a testament to the first President and Commander of the Continental forces that he could discern the genius of those around him and maximize their benefits and limit their risks. Washington and Hamilton, the Alliance that Forged America, brilliantly analyzes this key relationship and how it shaped a nation. This is the best work by Tony Williams and Co-Author Stephen Knott thus far. It's rare that you can take two well known figures and find some depths to plumb that we haven't already heard. This book adds to our understanding of these two pivotal figures in a compelling way. Don't miss it."

Tony Williams and Stephen F. Knott, the Authors: 

Tony Williams is the author of five books including, "Washington & Hamilton: The Alliance that Created America," (Sourcebooks,2015), co-authored with Stephen F. Knott, author of "Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth." 

He has also written "America's Beginnings: The Dramatic Events that Shaped a Nation's Character,"(2011), "The Jamestown Experiment:The Remarkable Story of the Enterprising Colony and the Unexpected Results that Shaped America"(2011),"Pox and the Covenant: Franklin, Mather, and the Epidemic that Changed America's Destiny"(2010), and, "Hurricane of Independence: The Untold Story of the Deadly Storm at the Deciding Moment of the American Revolution"(2008) 

He holds history degrees from Syracuse University and Ohio State University, and is a Professional Development Instructor at the Bill of Rights Institute, in Arlington, VA, and, the Program Director at the Washington, Jefferson & Madison Institute in Charlottesville, VA, that teaches Founding principles and documents to teachers and citizens. He taught history for fifteen years. He lives with his family in Williamsburg, VA.

Dr. Stephen Knott is a Professor of National Security Affairs at the United States Naval War College in Newport, RI. Prior to accepting his position at the Naval War College, Knott was Co-Chair of the Presidential Oral History Program at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He also served for seven years as an Associate Professor in the Political Science Department at the United States Air Force Academy. His books include "The Reagan Years"; "Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth"; "Secret and Sanctioned: Covert Operations and the American Presidency"; "At Reagan's Side: Insiders' Recollections from Sacramento to the White House"; and "Rush to Judgment: George W. Bush, the War on Terror, and His Critics." His forthcoming book, "Washington & Hamilton: The Alliance that Forged America," will be published by Sourcebooks in August, 2015, and is being co-authored with Tony Williams, the author of numerous books on the American founding.