Blood of tyrants : George Washington & the forging of the presidency

Beirne, Logan. (Author).

Item details

ISBN: 9781594036408 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1594036403 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781594036538 (ebook)
ISBN: 1594036535 (ebook)
Physical Description: print
viii, 420 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., col. map ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: New York : Encounter Books, 2013.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-406) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The King of America -- The not so United States -- Not as happy in peace as they had been glorious in war -- The shadow government -- The phoenix -- Wield the sword -- The Washington paradigm -- Cruel and usual punishment -- The currents of war -- Best circumspection -- The realities of war -- Necessary evil -- Fully justifiable -- What it takes to defend the nation -- Dictator of America -- Scorpion on a leash -- Between a hawk and a buzzard -- Onslaught -- The times that try men's souls -- Reevaluation -- Victory or death -- Idolatry -- Dictator perpetuo -- Tribunals & tribulations -- Prosecution of military duty -- A traitor lurks -- Treason of the blackest dye -- Courts-martial & commissions -- American military justice -- His excellency's loyal subjects: wartime rights of americans -- Total ruin -- Band of brethren -- Poison & peas -- America's defender -- License to plunder -- Not-so-civil civil war -- Could have been king -- Consummate prudence -- Winning the peace -- Spectacles and speculation -- Greatest man in the world.