The cabinet : George Washington and the creation of an American institution
by Chervinsky, Lindsay M., 1988- (Author)
Summary
"The US Constitution never established a presidential cabinet-the delegates to the Constitutional Convention explicitly rejected the idea. So how did George Washington create one of the most powerful bodies in the federal government? On November 26, 1791, George Washington convened his department se... Full description
- Forged in war
- The original team of rivals
- Setting the stage
- The early years
- The cabinet emerges
- A foreign challenge
- A domestic threat
- A cabinet in crisis.