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03015aam a2200505 i 4500 001 E1859F64141211EF8F56A7732FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240517010047 008 221116t20232023ksu b 001 0deng 010 $a 2022054876 020 $a 0700635106 020 $a 9780700635108 035 $a (OCoLC)1350914570 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d BDX $d GWL $d OCLCO $d MXL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E312 $b .Y35 2023 100 1 $a Yalof, David Alistair, $e author. 245 10 $a George Washington and the two-term precedent / $c David A. Yalof. 264 1 $a Lawrence, Kansas : $b University Press of Kansas, $c [2023] 300 $a xix, 107 pages ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Landmark presidential decisions 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a George Washington and the two-term precedent -- Sacrifice (1787-1792): the quest for a limited executive -- Decision (1793-1797): the second term and the decision to leave office -- Aftermath (1797-1951): the presidents who followed Washington and the precedent they followed -- Looking back and looking ahead. 520 $a "While George Washington's decision not to seek a third term is often portrayed as a noble decision to restrain the power of the executive office, Yalof argues that Washington was motivated in large part by self-interest. The example he intended to set (and the circumstances he faced at the time) tell a more complicated story of the true motives behind his decision to retire and the impact his decision had on his successors and the nation.This book focuses on the two-term precedent and how it came into being not by legal prescription but by the tacit influence of Washington's refusal to run for a third term and what it suggests about American conceptions of executive power"-- $c Provided by the publisher. 600 10 $a Washington, George, $d 1732-1799 $x Influence. 610 10 $a United States. $t Constitution. $n 22nd Amendment 600 17 $a Washington, George, $d 1732-1799 $2 fast 630 07 $a Constitution (United States) $2 fast 650 0 $a Presidents $x Term of office $z United States. 650 0 $a Executive power $z United States $x History. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government. 650 6 $a Pouvoir executif $z Etats-Unis $x Histoire. 651 6 $a Etats-Unis $x Politique et gouvernement. 650 7 $a Executive power $2 fast 650 7 $a Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) $2 fast 650 7 $a Politics and government $2 fast 650 7 $a Presidents $x Term of office $2 fast 651 7 $a United States $2 fast 655 7 $a History $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Yalof, David Alistair $t George Washington and the two-term precedent $d Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2023 $z 9780700635115 $w (DLC) 2022054877 830 0 $a Landmark presidential decisions 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240517012601.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E1859F64141211EF8F56A7732FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search