Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Hardback
Reihe: Jeffersonian America
George Washington and His Protégés
Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Hardback
Reihe: Jeffersonian America
ISBN: 978-0-8139-3438-9
Verlag: University of Virginia Press
In Sons of the Father, leading scholars analyse Washington's relationships with men such as Daniel Morgan, Anthony Wayne, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, Henry Knox, Nathanael Greene, Gouverneur Morris, Alexander Hamilton, and the Marquis de Lafayette. The men on whom this volume focuses were not all his closest associates. Yet all are important figures in that their interactions with Washington provide glimpses into various aspects of his capacities for management, motivation, control, and the cultivation of talent. The essays in this volume demonstrate Washington's consistency in treating all these men differently, for different reasons, at different times. It was perhaps part of his genius to recognise the individuality of the men with whom he interacted as well as the shifting requirements of changing circumstances.