Series
Summary
Examines the contributions of America's first president, tracing his accomplishments as a Revolutionary War hero and explaining how his decisions as president established precedents for the future governing of America. Full description
- Editor's note
- Prologue
- 1.
- Fierce ambition
- 2.
- The education of a soldier
- 3.
- "Radical cures"
- 4.
- The grand experiment begins
- 5.
- The transformation
- 6.
- The deepening chasm
- 7.
- The wider world
- 8.
- The curtain falls
- 9.
- Collective leadership : remaking the Constitution
- Epilogue : moral leadership : the mixed legacy
- Sources and notes
- Milestones
- Acknowledgments
- Index.