Review: JQA. Aaron Posner's brilliant take on government, compromise and John Quincy Adams.
Most of us are uncompromising in our youth, and, buffeted by the winds of time and experience, grow smooth and mellow in our old age. In that sense, John Quincy Adams lived his life backward. As a young man, he was a prodigiously gifted diplomat, serving as ambassador to the Netherlands (at 26!), Prussia, Russia, […] The post Review: JQA. Aaron Posner's brilliant take on government, compromise and John Quincy Adams…