George Washington (eBook, PDF)

Foundation of Presidential Leadership and Character
Redaktion: Fishman, Ethan M.; Rozell, Mark J.; Pederson, William D.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

There have been many serious abuses of presidential power in recent decades, including Watergate, the Iran-Contra scandal, and the Lewinsky affair, subsequently Americans have demonstrated renewed interest in discussing the relationship between character and political leadership. Through an investigation of the life and career of George Washington, often considered the exemplary moral president, the chapters offer a balanced scholarly contribution to this analysis. Fishman, Pederson, Rozell, and their contributors examine the legacy of Washingtons presidency. Leading political scientists and historians describe and evaluate the impact of Washington's leadership on the institution of the presidency and on those who have since occupied the Oval Office. In the contemporary era of almost endless speculation about the role of character in presidential leadership, an analysis of Washington's character and the model he established is especially germane. The chapters provide diverse interpretations of the value of understanding Washington's leadership and the character of the modern presidency. Some of the scholars conclude that Washington indeed laid the foundation for good character and strong leadership in the presidency. Others take a more critical approach and see Washington, like many of his successors, as a fallible human being who possessed both character strengths and weaknesses. The lasting value of this analysis for political scientists, historians, and other students of the American presidency is that it demonstrates the continued vibrant debate over Washington's authentic legacy to the office.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313074189
• Artikelnr.: 68529353

Autorenporträt

ETHAN FISHMAN is Professor of Political Science at the University of South Alabama. WILLIAM D. PEDERSON is Professor and Chair of the Department of History and Social Sciences at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. MARK J. ROZELL is Associate Professor of Politics at The Catholic University of America.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Evaluating Washington's Leadership and Character The President as
Moral Leader: George Washington in Contemporary Perspective by Glenn A.
Phelps The Command of Its Own Fortunes: Reconsidering Washington's Farewell
Address by Matthew Spalding Washington as Cincinnatus: A Model of
Leadership by Jason S. Lantzer George Washington: Can Aristotle Recapture
What His Countrymen Have Forgotten? by Colleen J. Shogan Duty, Honor,
Country: Parallels in the Leadership of George Washington and Dwight David
Eisenhower by Philip G. Henderson The Foreign Policy of Republicanism: A
Free Society in an Unfree World by William Allen Washington's Leadership:
Prudence and the American Presidency by Ethan Fishman America's
Presidential Triumvirate: Quantitative Measures of Character by William D.
Pederson and Frank J. Williams The Origins of Washington's Leadership and
Character The Young Washington: An Interpretive Essay by Mostafa Rejai and
Kay Phillips The Nature and Development of Washington's Statesmanship:
1753-1783 by Kent A. Kirwan Washington and the Specter of Cromwell by Jim
Piecuch "A Complete Gentleman": Congress's "Partiality" for George
Washington in 1775 by William Guthrie Sayen George Washington, Popular
Sovereignty, and the Legitimacy of Revolution by Ricardo A. Herrera Index