The Presidency of George Washington

by Jack D. Warren

Book Overview

In the first specialized study of the Washington presidency published in a generation, the historian Jack D. Warren Jr. outlines the first president's practical accomplishments: the establishment of the executive as an energetic and effective branch of government; the resolution of the new nation's financial crisis; the opening of the trans-Appalachian West; the creation of Washington, D.C.; and the preservation of peace with the warring powers of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0931917344
• ISBN13: 9780931917349
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union,
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Master Politician of the New Nation

This is the first short history of the Washington presidency to appear in almost thirty years. The last, by Forrest MacDonald, argued that Washington was a figurehead president and that Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson actually dominated the administration. Warren - formerly an editor of the presidential series of The Papers of George Washington - takes the opposite position. He successfully argues that Washington was the central figure of his presidency. The book takes up each of Washington's major accomplishments as president: the creation of the presidency, the settlement of the nation's financial crisis, the opening of the West, the estblishment of the capital city, and the preservation of peace at a time when the Western World was being consumed by war. This is one of the most thoughtful, beautifully-written books on Washington I have read. This would be an ideal book for a college or advanced high school class to read, and should interest any reader of American history.