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Also by Richard Brookhiser:

James Madison, October 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
George Washington on Leadership, May 2008
Hardcover
What Would the Founders Do?, May 2006
Hardcover

GEORGE WASHINGTON ON LEADERSHIP
By: Richard Brookhiser

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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