In this volume, Forrest McDonald admits that George Washington was
no executive genius, and notes that a number of his advisers and
cabinet members were considerably more important in formulating
programs and policies than he was. Nevertheless, he maintains that,
but for Washington, the office of president might not exist today.
McDonald asserts that Washington's reputation as a man of
integrity, dignity, candor, and republican virtue was
well-deserved, and that he contributed best by serving as a symbol.
The book covers the central concerns of Washington's
administration: a complex tangle of war debts; the organization of
the Bank of the United States; geographical and social
factionalism; the emergence of strong national partisan politics;
adjustments in federal-state relations; the effort to remain
neutral in the face of European tumult; the opening of the
Mississippi River; and the removal of the threat of Indians and
British in the Northwest Territory. McDonald also describes the
rivalry between Washington's two most important department heads,
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton.
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