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FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE, FIRST IN LEADERSHIP.
Basic Books
May 2008
On Sale: May 12, 2008
Featuring: George Washington
272 pages
ISBN: 0465003028
EAN: 9780465003020
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
Richard Brookhiser’s revolutionary biography, Founding
Father, took George Washington off the dollar bill and
made him live. Now, with his trademark wit and precision,
Brookhiser expertly examines the details of Washington’s
life that fullscale biographies sweep over, to instruct us
in true leadership. George Washington on Leadership
is a textbook look at Washington’s three spectacularly
successful careers as an executive: general, president, and
tycoon. Brookhiser explains how Washington maximized his
strengths and overcame his flaws, and inspires us to do
likewise. It shows how one man’s struggles and successes 200
years ago can be a model for leaders today. Washington
oversaw two startups-the army and the presidency. He chaired
the most important meeting in American history-the
Constitutional Convention. Washington rose from being a
third son who was a major in the militia, to one of the most
famous men in the world. At every stage in his career, he
had to deal with changing circumstances, from tobacco prices
to geopolitics, and with wildly different classes of men,
from frontiersmen to aristocrats. Washington’s example is so
crucial because of the many firsts he is responsible for.
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