The great divide [electronic resource] : the conflict between Washington and Jefferson that defined a nation / Thomas Fleming.
Fleming, Thomas J., author.
2015
E211 .F546 2015eb
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Title The great divide [electronic resource] : the conflict between Washington and Jefferson that defined a nation / Thomas Fleming.
Author Fleming, Thomas J., author.
Edition First Da Capo Press edition.
ISBN 9780306822360 electronic book
9780306821271 hardcover
Published Boulder, Colorado : Da Capo Press, 2015.
Copyright ©2015
Language English
Description 1 online resource ( viii, 424 pages), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations.
Call Number E211 .F546 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.31
Summary "In the months after her husband's death, Martha Washington told several friends that the two worst days of her life were the day George died--and the day Thomas Jefferson came to Mount Vernon to offer his condolences. What could elicit such a strong reaction from the nation's original first lady? Though history tends to cast the early years of America in a glow of camaraderie, there were, in fact, many conflicts among the Founding Fathers--none more important than the one between George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. The chief disagreement between these former friends centered on the highest, most original public office created by the Constitutional Convention--the presidency. They also argued violently about the nation's foreign policy, the role of merchants and farmers in a republic, and the durability of the union itself. At the root of all these disagreements were two sharply different visions for the nation's future. Acclaimed historian Thomas Fleming examines how the differing temperaments and leadership styles of Washington and Jefferson shaped two opposing views of the presidency--and the nation. The clash between these two gifted men, both of whom cared deeply about the United States of America, profoundly influenced the next two centuries of America's history and resonates in the present day."--Book jacket.
Note Includes index.
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The Man Who Lived Dangerously
The Man Who Loved to Legislate-But Hated to Govern
Should This Constitution be Ratified?
The President and His Partner Begin Making History
The Birth of an Ideologue
The President Takes Charge
The Secretary of State from Paris
Mr. Jefferson Wins a Victory That He Soon Regrets
From Disagreements to the First Divide
When Best-Laid Plans Go Wrong
The President-and Secretary of State-Make Up Their Minds
The Problems of the Secretary of State's Polar Star
Can America Remain Neutral in a Warring World?
Challenging Old Man Washington
The Secretary of State Calls It Quits
Shooting Wars Loom on Several Doorsteps
Will Whiskey Rebels Unravel the Union?
A Master Politician Takes Charge
The End of Three Friendships
A Very Political Farewell
Martha Washington Sends a Message
The Vice President as Party Boss
The Ultimate Divide
The Death That Changed Everything
The Race to Make the Vice First
The UnWashington President in His Federal Village
How a Mosquito Rescued Thomas Jefferson's Presidency
An Empire vs. A Constitution
The Voters Speak the Language of Praise
The Improbably Failures of a Triumphant Second Term
The President vs. The Chief Justice
The Final Defeat of an UnWashington President
The Transformation of James Madison
Epilogue.

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