MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2012038961
003 DLC
005 20130830144123.0
008 121015s2013 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012038961
020 $a9781594036408 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $z9781594036538 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aE209$b.B37 2013
082 00 $a973.3$223
100 1 $aBeirne, Logan.
245 10 $aBlood of tyrants :$bGeorge Washington & the forging of the presidency /$cLogan Beirne.
250 $a1st American ed.
260 $aNew York :$bEncounter Books,$c2013.
300 $aviii, 420 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill., col. map ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [323]-406) and index.
505 0 $aThe 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.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xInfluence.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xCampaigns.
600 10 $aWashington, George,$d1732-1799$xInfluence.
600 10 $aWashington, George,$d1732-1799$xMilitary leadership.
650 0 $aStrategic culture$zUnited States$xHistory.
651 0 $aCivil-military relations$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aGenerals$zUnited States$vBiography.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1775-1783.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1783-1809.