"Mr. President": George Washington and the Making of the Nation's Highest Office
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (844 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0306823535 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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In this startling look at the birth of American government, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger shows how George Washington transformed the presidency from a ceremonial post into the most powerful office on earth. Washington combined political cunning, daring, and sheer genius to seize ever-widening powers and impose law and order on the young nation while ensuring individual freedom for its citizens.
"A Bit argumentative, but interesting" according to David W. Nicholas. History comes in several flavors. Most popular is the sort that tells a story from our past, something that was more or less obscured until the author retells it. Perhaps the story is familiar, but if the author doesn’t have some sort of new angle or twist to put on the story, he’s going to have a hard. Compelling read marred by occasional distortion of the facts Ricardo Mio This book has everything going for it but a balanced perspective of history. It reads well. It's reasonably footnoted. If you're looking for short, one-volume history of George Washington's presidency that reads like a novel, Unger's 234-page book delivers. If you're a student of early American history, however, y. Pillars of Power VA Duck Author Harlow Giles Unger's book is a biography of the first presidency; not a biography of George Washington's life, but rather his ground breaking office as the new nation's first president. Unger illustrates the remarkable transformation of the presidency from one only vaguely defined in the words of the Consti
political science.”January Magazine, 12/4/2013A very good bookIn his typically lucid and conversational style, Unger paints a never-before-seen portrait of Washington as a surprisingly beleaguered leader whose challenges in many ways echo those of the current occupier of the White House.”The Washington Lawyer, January 2014Unger is a leading historian of the revolutionary era.”Reading Eagle, 5/21/14It deftly shows how George Washington created the presidency out of almost nothing.”The Federal Lawyer, October/November 2014A short and readable biography of our first President.”The Historian, July 2016A well-written book containing strong and pertinent arguments about the presidency then and now.”. As eye-opening as it is fascinating."San Francisco Book ReviewLibrary Journal, 12/20/2013Written with spirit and some subtlety, this