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An unexpurgated portrait of the life career of the enigmatic, colorful Armand Hammer speculates on the real motives behind Hammer's personal diplomacy, humanitarian efforts, deal-making, and other exploits
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Anyone who produces four separate recountings of his own life deserves an unauthorized biography such as this. Hammer, a near-legendary entrepreneur and diplomat without portfolio, has attempted to create his own character by offering or withholding biographical information. It's not surprising that he has now been recreated as someone else's character, more powerful and sinister than his own. See him fraternize with heads of state. See him build an empire. See him avoid prosecution. Forty pages of notes and 15 of bibliography. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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