Washington's Farewell

Washington's Farewell
Author :
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 368
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781476746487
ISBN-13 : 1476746486
Rating : 4/5 (486 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Washington's Farewell by : John Avlon

Download or read book Washington's Farewell written by John Avlon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A vivid portrait…and thoughtful consideration of George Washington’s wisdom that couldn’t be timelier” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). A revealing look at the first President’s Farewell Address, a still-relevant warning against partisan politics and foreign entanglements. George Washington’s Farewell Address was a prophetic letter he wrote to his fellow citizens and signed from a “parting friend,” addressing the forces he feared could destroy our democracy: hyper-partisanship, excessive debt, and foreign wars. In it, Washington called for unity among “citizens by birth or choice,” advocated moderation, defended religious pluralism, proposed a foreign policy of independence (not isolation), and proposed that education is essential to democracy. He established the precedent for the peaceful transfer of power. Washington’s urgent message was adopted by Jefferson after years of opposition and quoted by Lincoln in defense of the Union. Woodrow Wilson invoked it for nation-building; Eisenhower for Cold War; Reagan for religion. Once celebrated as civic scripture, more widely reprinted than the Declaration of Independence, the Farewell Address is now almost forgotten. Yet its message remains starkly relevant today. In Washington’s Farewell, John Avlon offers a stunning portrait of our first president and his battle to save America from self-destruction. Washington’s Farewell “brings to light Washington’s goodbye by elucidating what it meant not only during the early days of the republic, but its lasting effect through the centuries” (Library Journal, starred review). Now the Farewell Address may inspire a new generation to re-center their politics and reunite our nation through the lessons rooted in Washington’s shared experience.


Washington's Farewell Related Books

Washington's Farewell
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: John Avlon
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-01-10 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

“A vivid portrait…and thoughtful consideration of George Washington’s wisdom that couldn’t be timelier” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). A revealing
Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 1796
Language: en
Pages: 38
Authors: George Washington
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1913 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Farewell Address to the People of the United States
Language: en
Pages: 88
Authors: George Washington
Categories: Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
Type: BOOK - Published: 1910 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A Sacred Union of Citizens
Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Matthew Spalding
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

On the two-hundredth anniversary of George Washington's 1796 Farewell Address - one of the most influential but misunderstood expressions of American political
Addressing America
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Jeffrey J. Malanson
Categories: National characteristics, American
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Washington's Farewell Address and the development of the early republic In his presidential Farewell Address of 1796, George Washington presented a series of ma