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The Founding Fathers on Leadership: Classic Teamwork in Changing Times
by Donald T. Phillips
from Warner Books

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Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Great condition and delivery
  I received my book promplty and it is is like "new" condition. I would order from this company again!

• Do Not Waste YOur Time or Money
  Knowing a little bit of history can be very dangerous. This book is crammed full of errors, mistakes and inaccuracies. You can't learn history by just reading the executive summary. Worst of all, you can't write history by stringing together fifteen chapters of "to do" lists. If you want to learn about leadership, read D.H. Fischer's Washington's Crossing.

• Excellent, but...
  A very nice survey of the tumultuous, seminal time in which our nation was born. This format is particularly powerful because the narrative alone could easily carry the reader's interest. Each chapter's subsequent derived leadership principles are value-added.
  But the one fault I would assign to the book is the author's aversion to tying the Founding Fathers' faith into their leadership principles and abilities. One of the main influences on their generation was the first Great Awakening of earlier... more info

• Solid and Informative
  I thought the book was excellent. It's value lies at least as much in the historical recount of the American Revolution as it does in drawing out any leadership ideas from the founding fathers. I would recommend the book as a leadership learning tool as well as a informative study on the revolution.
  

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