Apostle of Liberty: The World-Changing Leadership of George Washington (Leaders in Action)

Apostle of Liberty: The World-Changing Leadership of George Washington is a biography of the great man but in truth it is more than a mere biography. It also looks at his unique personal qualities as a leader and how these qualities marked him as a leader among leaders. In doing so it reveals a man whose greatness did not stem from oratorical skills superior knowledge or brilliant military tactics but from virtue. He understood his duty and his proper role in the fledgling nation and he pursued it with an invincible resolution. Largely this was due to his belief that God in his providence had chosen him to lead the new nation that was founded on liberty?civil religious and economic?and that the experiment that began under his leadership as president of the Constitutional Convention and was successful under his leadership in battle would prosper under his leadership and change the world if given the opportunity to succeed.