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Dossier: The Secret History of Armand Hammer Paperback – August 20, 1999

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The meticulously documented exposé of a celebrated American philanthropist - and traitor - that reads like a classic thriller.
New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year
Winner of the Financial Times Book Award
The dossier on Hammer tells another story. With unprecedented access to the files of both American and Soviet intelligence agencies as well as Hammer's own secretly taped conversations, investigative author Edward Jay Epstein lays bare the appalling fraud, unconscionable corruption, international treachery, and personal betrayal that indict beyond doubt this ruthlessly manipulative opportunist who courted American presidents and conspired with every Soviet leader from Lenin to Gorbachev.
"A morbidly fascinating compound of ambition, greed, unscrupulousness, and power hunger . . . It is hard to imagine a sharper picture of how a tycoon is both born and made and how the power game is played." - New York Times Book Review
"What a story! . . . Read this extraordinary book." - Wall Street Journal
"An arrestingly written and brilliantly researched biography" - Washington Post
"Compelling" - Vanity Fair
"A chilling book" - Forbes

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"A chilling book" -- Forbes

"A morbidly fascinating compound of ambition, greed, unscrupulousness, and power hunger . . . It is hard to imagine a sharper picture of how a tycoon is both born and made and how the power game is played." -- New York Times Book Review

"Compelling" -- Vanity Fair

"What a story! . . . Read this extraordinary book." -- Wall Street Journal

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Publisher : Carroll & Graf Publishers; 1st Carroll & Graf Ed edition (August 20, 1999)
Language : English
Paperback : 414 pages
ISBN-10 : 0786706775
ISBN-13 : 978-0786706778
Item Weight : 1.42 pounds
Dimensions : 6 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,273,977 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,744 in Business Professional's Biographies
- #4,949 in Rich & Famous Biographies
- #7,845 in Political Leader Biographies

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Robert Peters

Crime and Politics-True "Amrican Dilemma"

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2020

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Jay Epstein wrote a great book and don't want to detract from that. He should put out a second edition as more is now known. Donald Trump, Roger Stone, Paul Manafort and Russians all knew Dr. Hammer and dealt with him. I will leave it at that. I supplement this book with others on Amazon about the underworld.

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Michael C. Chisick

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Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2020

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The breadth and depth of this man's deception, corruption, and self-absorption are breathtaking. The author deserves much credit for the exhaustive and detailed research required to complete this book.

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W. Coe

Great work of historical signifigance

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2010

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I rate 5 stars on a book perhaps but one out of a hundred times. This is that work. Clearly 5 stars. Close to being on a par with "Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr", the award winning historical masterpiece of J.D. Rockefeller by Ron Chernow. Dossier climbs into the difficult and winding complexities that marked the amazing complexities of Armand Hammers life. Although it doesn't make my top 100 books of all time list, this is still a must read by any thinking individual whom often was left shaking their head wondering about the rapid rise out of nowhere to become the well entrenched 8th sister: Occidental Petroleum Company. That the evidence leads to Hammer actually being a Soviet agent only makes for a thicker plot.

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ellis9488

The Ultimate Gamesman

Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2010

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This is a fascinating story. I had read several of the lukewarm, pseudo-politically-correct news releases that were 'approved' by Hammer himself over the years, which is why I decided to look at this book. Once I picked it up, I could hardly put it down! This is the most amazing real-life story. It just goes to show that, in our culture, image is everything. The things that Hammer got away with will shock any well-read reader. The book reads like a thriller spy novel. Hammer was a master at his craft.

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Ron Barry

The REAL Armand Hammer

Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2012

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An unparalleled saga revealing the truth behind the hype.
Armand Hammer was my Dad's "hero". The guy was smart, and my Dad owned OXY shares and thought the world of AH.
This expose, although published in 2000 reads like a dossier rather than a saga or novel or biography.
If you are interested in reading the unvarnished version of AH, this is an excellent work to begin the revelation.

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Craig Mutton

Although I have not yet finished Dossier, I find ...

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2015

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Although I have not yet finished Dossier, I find it a careful and factual account of a despicable man's life. The author has done his homework to separate fact from fable.

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Interesting, but author was insufficiently discriminating about his sources

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2008

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There exists an unusually wide breadth of opinions about Armand Hammer -- he almost won the Nobel Peace Prize, and is revered by those who have benefited from his charitable endeavors, yet is excoriated by the political right. The latter group became particularly vocal in the United States around 2000, as Hammer's ties to Al Gore's father became fodder for talk-radio rumor mongering in that year's presidential election.

Dossier is the only biography of Hammer written with reference to both the U.S. government's records on the man, made available under the Freedom of Information Act after he died, and Soviet records, made available after the collapse of the U.S.S.R. It is therefore the only book that comes close to explaining the nature of Hammer's ties to the Soviet Union. (Spoiler: In the early 1920s, he set up some companies that were used as channels by the Soviets for financing secret operations abroad).

Unfortunately, Epstein was not satisfied with these records, and turns to some really marginal sources to sex up the story. The book contains a number of particularly shocking accusations that, if you follow through the footnotes, all come from a woman who claims to have been Hammer's mistress, decades ago. Take for example Epstein's rendition of the well-known 1920 conviction of Hammer's father for manslaughter. Hammer's father had performed an abortion after which the woman had died. Among those who testified at the trial were the woman's maid, who had been present when the operation took place. Every other source on Hammer treats this as the start of Hammer's business career -- with his father incarcerated, Hammer had to take the reins of the family business.

Epstein, on the other hand, writes that it was the 21-year-old *Hammer himself* who had committed the abortion, not his father, and that he had allowed his father to go to jail for the crime. Epstein bases this remarkable claim on the 1990s recollection of a woman who claimed to have been Hammer's mistress in the 1950s, and who said that Hammer confessed to this crime (along with a string of other appalling things) to her. He ignores the fact that much more credible contemporary witnesses testified to the contrary.

Repeatedly in the book, Epstein takes credit for "discovering" things that have been widely known for decades, and which are discussed in detail in previous Hammer biographies. Meanwhile, his discussion of Hammer's 70-year-long business career is cursory.

If you do read the book, be sure to check the footnotes on any novel claim; some of the sources are really weak. See Weinberg's biography of Hammer for a much better treatment of everything except the early Soviet material.

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Fascinating, enlightening and eye opening read.

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2017

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Very interesting and educational background on Hammer Family and some Eastern Europe history.

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Lindsay Harper

glad i read his story first so i understood his ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 8, 2016

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Very interesting ,glad i read his story first so i understood his point of view, good second book on him

Noëlle

Armand Hammer doit être plus connu

Reviewed in France on February 15, 2018

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Ce livre révèle des aspects très importants de la vie politique américaine et soviétique et Armand Hammer est une clefs de ces chapitres de la vie du monde. A lire et à approfondir avec d'autres ouvrages traitant de ce personnage

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