03309nam 2200613 a 450 991095938650332120251117120010.00-313-07418-6(CKB)1000000000003300(EBL)3000742(OCoLC)929145016(SSID)ssj0000162178(PQKBManifestationID)11155103(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000162178(PQKBWorkID)10200870(PQKB)11789109(Au-PeEL)EBL3000742(CaPaEBR)ebr10020871(MiAaPQ)EBC3000742(EXLCZ)99100000000000330020001214d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrGeorge Washington, foundation of presidential leadership and character /edited by Ethan Fishman, William D. Pederson, and Mark J. Rozell1st ed.Westport, Conn. Praeger20011 online resource (235 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-275-96868-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-232) and index.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 World7 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 ContributorsThere have been many serious abuses of presidential power in recent decades, including Watergate, the Iran-Contra scandal, and the Lewinsky affair, subsequently Americans have demonstrated renewed interest in discussing the relationship between character and political leadership.George WashingtonPresidentsUnited StatesBiographyPolitical leadershipUnited StatesCase studiesCharacterCase studiesPresidentsPolitical leadershipCharacter973.4Fishman Ethan M1857991Pederson William D.1946-1358669Rozell Mark J1084243MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959386503321George Washington, foundation of presidential leadership and character4459174UNINA