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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449895803321

Titolo

George Washington, foundation of presidential leadership and character [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Ethan Fishman, William D. Pederson, and Mark J. Rozell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2001

ISBN

0-313-07418-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FishmanEthan M

PedersonWilliam D. <1946->

RozellMark J

Disciplina

973.4

Soggetti

Presidents - United States

Political leadership - United States

Character

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; PART I EVALUATING WASHINGTON'S LEADERSHIP AND CHARACTER; 1 The President as Moral Leader: George Washington in Contemporary Perspective; 2 The Command of Its Own Fortunes: Reconsidering Washington's Farewell Address; 3 Washington as Cincinnatus: A Model of Leadership; 4 George Washington: Can Aristotle Recapture What His Countrymen Have Forgotten?; 5 Duty, Honor, Country: Parallels in the Leadership of George Washington and Dwight David Eisenhower; 6 The Foreign Policy of Republicanism: A Free Society in an Unfree World

7 Washington's Leadership: Prudence and the American Presidency 8 America's Presidential Triumvirate: Quantitative Measures of Character; PART II THE ORIGINS OF WASHINGTON'S LEADERSHIP AND CHARACTER; 9 The Young Washington: An Interpretive Essay; 10 The Nature and Development of George Washington's Statesmanship: 1753- 1783; 11 Washington and the Specter of Cromwell; 12 "A Compleat Gentleman": Congress's "Partiallity" for George Washington in 1775; 13 George Washington, Popular Sovereignty, and the Legitimacy of Revolution;



Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Editors and Contributors