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""Mr. President"": George Washington and the Making of the Nation's Highest Office - Hardcover

Unger, Harlow Giles

 
9780306819612: ""Mr. President"": George Washington and the Making of the Nation's Highest Office
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0306819619 ISBN 13: 9780306819612
Verlag: Da Capo Press, 2013

Inhaltsangabe


Although the framers gave the president little authority, George Washington knew whatever he did would set precedents for generations of future leaders. To ensure their ability to defend the nation, he simply ignored the Constitution when he thought it necessary.

In a revealing new look at the birth of American government, “Mr. President” describes Washington's presidency in a time of continual crisis, as rebellion and attacks by foreign enemies threatened to destroy this new nation. Constantly weighing preservation of the Union against preservation of individual liberties and states' rights, Washington assumed more power with each crisis. In a series of brilliant but unconstitutional maneuvers he forced Congress to cede control of the four pillars of executive power: war, finance, foreign affairs, and law enforcement.

Drawing on rare documents and letters, Unger shows how Washington combined political cunning and sheer genius to seize ever-widening powers, impose law and order while ensuring individual freedom, and shape the office of President of the United States.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

A veteran journalist, broadcaster, educator, and historian, Harlow Giles Unger is a former Distinguished Visiting Fellow in American History at Mount Vernon and the author of twenty books, including six biographies of America's Founding Fathers and three other histories of the early republic. He lives in New York City.

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Verlag
Da Capo Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0306819619
ISBN 13 
9780306819612
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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Da Capo Press
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