Extraordinarily Graceful Exits from Power
Nicholas Guyatt: George Washington’s Reticence, 17 November 2005
His Excellency George Washington
by Joseph J. Ellis.
Faber, 320 pp., £20, March 2005,0 571 21212 3 Show More
by Joseph J. Ellis.
Faber, 320 pp., £20, March 2005,
“... The current US president likes to talk about his predecessor ‘the first George W.’, but it’s hard to imagine two politicians with more different styles. George Bush invites world leaders to barbeques at his Texas ranch, and gives nicknames to the members of his cabinet. (‘Pablo’ for the hapless Paul O’Neill; ‘Z-Man’ for Robert Zoellick ... ”