George Washington : foundation of presidential leadership and character / edited by Ethan Fishman, William D. Pederson, and Mark J. Rozell.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-232) and index.

Pt. I. Evaluating Washington's Leadership and Character. 1. The President as Moral Leader: George Washington in Contemporary Perspective / Glenn A. Phelps. 2. The Command of Its Own Fortunes: Reconsidering Washington's Farewell Address / Matthew Spalding. 3. Washington as Cincinnatus: A Model of Leadership / Jason S. Lantzer. 4. George Washington: Can Aristotle Recapture What His Countrymen Have Forgotten? / Colleen J. Shogan. 5. Duty, Honor, Country: Parallels in the Leadership of George Washington and Dwight David Eisenhower / Phillip G. Henderson. 6. The Foreign Policy of Republicanism: A Free Society in an Unfree World / William B. Allen. 7. Washington's Leadership: Prudence and the American Presidency / Ethan Fishman. 8. America's Presidential Triumvirate: Quantitative Measures of Character / William D. Pederson and Frank J. Williams -- Pt. II. The Origins of Washington's Leadership and Character.

9. The Young Washington: An Interpretive Essay / Mostafa Rejai and Kay Phillips. 10. The Nature and Development of George Washington's Statesmanship: 1753-1783 / Kent A. Kirwan. 11. Washington and the Specter of Cromwell / Jim Piecuch. 12. "A Compleat Gentleman": Congress's "Partiality" for George Washington in 1775 / William Guthrie Sayen. 13. George Washington, Popular Sovereignty, and the Legitimacy of Revolution / Ricardo A. Herrera.