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| George Washington on Leadership | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard Brookhiser
Publisher: Basic Books
Category: Book
List Price: $26.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 43449
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0465003028
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.41092
EAN: 9780465003020
ASIN: 0465003028
Publication Date: May 12, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: book has a few wrinkled pages
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Learning more about History August 30, 2008
I am well pleased with the book I purchased, as well as convenience
in ordering. This is not my first purchase, and have been very
pleased with other items I bought.
History polished... September 11, 2008
A fine account of Washington's trials & tribulations during the birth of our Nation as culled from his (and other's of that time) writings; an inside look at the leadership "chess moves" facing political statesmen. This account ranks up there with Machiavelli's "The Prince"...
 Content does not live up to title September 23, 2008
Washington is one of our greatest leaders -- maybe our greatest over Lincoln, Grant, FDR and Eisenhower.
That's a given, but the content of this book does not live up to its title.
Leadership is the ability to get people to put aside their normal competitive instincts and work together toward a common goal. A winning coach or military officer; a successful CEO and, yes, a winning guerilla chieftan are examples of EFFECTIVE leaders.
The question then is: What behaviors in these men make people want to follow them?
The 7 Leadership Lessons" on the back of the dust cover provide little or nothing practical for someone hoping to improve his or her effectiveness as a leader. They're too broad, too vague.
The author seems muddled in his concept of leadership. Yes, Washington held a leadership position before, during and after the Revolution, but this books does little to tell us why he was EFFECTIVE as a leader.
The subject of leadership needs lots of attention -- especially today.
This book does little to advance the debate.
Nice Book November 8, 2008
The author gives little stories about George Washington and the difficult challenges he faced building the new nation. The book shows the amount of trouble Washington went through, and how much he sacrificed for his country.
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