George Washington

Making of a leader: Washington's ambition / Paul K. Longmore

Washington the surveyor / Willard Sterne Randall

Washington's early military career / A.J. Langguth

Farmer and slave owner: Life at Mount Vernon / Robert F. Dalzell Jr. and Lee Baldwin Dalzell

Squire of Mount Vernon / Ralph K. Andrist

Master and employer / Paul Leicester Ford

Military leader: Appointment as commander / Douglas Southall Freeman

Assessing Washington's Strategy and leadership / John E. Ferling

Washington the spymaster / Thomas Fleming

General Washington and the progress of the Revolutionary War / Mackubin Owens

President: Washington administration / Forrest McDonald

Establishing precedents for the executive office / David E. Maas

Washington's role in the controversy over slavery / Dorothy Twohig

Understanding Washington's retirement / Bruce G. Peabody

Importance of George Washington: Enlightened American Hero / Gordon S. Wood

Above all, the man had character / Hugh Sidey.