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Chargement... Washington's Farewell: The Founding Father's Warning to Future Generations (2017)par John Avlon
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Splendid book! The author skillfully traces George Washington's career, with emphasis upon his eight years in the presidency. The centerpiece of the book, of course, is the startlingly prescient Farewell Address he had published in a Philadelphia newspaper as his second term drew to an end. Avlon analyzes the major portions (or pillars) of the document --national unity, political moderation, fiscal discipline, virtue and religion, education, and a foreign policy of independence -- always within light of those aspects of Washington's career that led him to the conclusions crystallized in the Address. Avlon then continues the results of the Address, how his successors interpreted, used, or misused our First President's ideas and insights. At the very end, as an appendix, the full text of the Address appears. -- All in all, a well-done (and -documented) history and synthesis, with much to consider, even in the 21st century. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"The Farewell was published at the end of Washington's second term. It was reprinted in newspapers across the country. The President began the letter during his first term intending to retire but was persuaded by Hamilton and Jefferson to run for a second. By the end of that term he was the object of scurrilous press attacks and alarmed by the growing partisan bitterness. Fearful for the country's future, Washington pled with his countrymen to resist hyper-partisanship and foreign alliances. He called for unity among "citizens by birth or choice," defended religious pluralism, called for national education. His message to the country was urgent. Avlon describes how it was quoted by Jackson, Webster, Clay, Calhoun, and importantly by Lincoln in defense of the Union. Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson called on it for nation-building; Kennedy for Cold war; Reagan for religion. Clinton kept a copy on his Oval Office wall. In Washington's Farewell, Avlon offers important insight into Washington's his final public days, presenting not only a startling description of the perilous state of the new nation but a rare view of the man behind the usual face of a tranquil First Father"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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While Washington's advice has never been wholly implemented; its spirit remains preserved in American Republicanism.
A must-read for all historians and politicians. ( )