Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and the Future of America, by Thomas Fleming, takes us back in time to a period in post-revolutionary America. The two-party system was in full swing it was the Federalists versus the Democratic-Republicans. Starting out in 1804, when the United States was wild and chaotic time when it came to politics. Fleming goes above and beyond in this book talking not only about the duel but what lead up to it and the events that followed after it along with their impact on the United States. And on top of that Fleming gives you a sense of the time period by adding in parts about what else is going on outside of the United States such as the rise of Napoleon. He also takes on the Burr Conspiracy and possible succession of New England. …show more content…
It starts out with the author comparing and contrasting Hamilton and Burr. This might surprise you but in many ways they are similar, they are both war heroes for instance and strived for political power. At the time Burr was the current Vice President of the United States but new if he didn’t act fast that would be the peak of his political career because he had lost all of Jefferson’s trust in him after the 1800 election. And after his term ends he runs for Governor of New York, both Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton oppose Burr and he loses. At this point Fleming says is where the tension really starts to occur. Tension between the two has always been high but after the major loss of governor of New York is where things really start to heat up between the two of