Download or read book Hacks, Sycophants, Adventurers & Heroes written by David G. Fitz-Enz and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2012 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often confused by advisors of little military talent, President James Madison put his trust, and that of the people, in the grasp of hacks, sycophants, adventurers, and a few good men. This is the story of the good, the bad, and the outrageous that held the future of the young nation in their hands and prevailed in spite of a twenty-one-ship navy and an amateur army, pitched at the greatest military machine of its time.