A premier leadership scholar and an eighteenth-century expert define the special contributions and qualifications of our first President Revolutionary hero, founding president, and first citizen of the young republic, George Washington was the most illustrious public man of his time, a man whose image today is the result of the careful grooming of his public persona to include the themes of character, self-sacrifice, and destiny.
Dunn lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts..
She is the author of many books, including Sister Revolutions and The Three Roosevelts (with James Mac Gregor Burns).
Susan Dunn is Professor of Humanities at Williams College.
He was the author of numerous books, including Transforming Leadership, Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom.
About the Author: James Mac Gregor Burns was the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Williams College and a senior scholar at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond.
In this compelling and balanced biography, Burns and Dunn give us a rich portrait of the man behind the carefully crafted mythology.
James Mac Gregor Burns and Susan Dunn also trace the arc of Washington\'s increasing dissatisfaction with public life and the seeds of dissent and political parties that, ironically, grew from his insistence on consensus.
His is a legacy of a successful experiment in collective leadership, great initiatives in establishing a strong executive branch, and the formulation of innovative and lasting economic and foreign policies.
As Washington sought to interpret the Constitution\'s assignment of powers to the executive branch and to establish precedent for future leaders, he relied on his key advisers and looked to form consensus as the guiding principle of government.
A premier leadership scholar and an eighteenth-century expert define the special contributions and qualifications of our first President Revolutionary hero, founding president, and first citizen of the young republic, George Washington was the most illustrious public man of his time, a man whose image today is the result of the careful grooming of his public persona to include the themes of character, self-sacrifice, and destiny
