Why read The Cabinet?

Book cover of The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution

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Winner of the Daughters of the American Revolution's Excellence in American History Book Award
Winner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize

"Cogent, lucid, and concise, Lindsay Chervinsky's book gives us an indispensable guide to the creation of the cabinet. With her groundbreaking study, we can now have a much…

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1 author picked The Cabinet as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

John A. Ragosta

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Some things seem so embedded in our understanding of the nation that they must have existed forever. I was fascinated by Chervinsky’s story about how the president’s Cabinet came about: It’s not really called for in the Constitution, and, as with so many other things, George Washington had to make it up as he went along.

I am always interested in stories that show so much of what we think of as our nation was not a given but a matter of careful (and changeable) choices.

From John's list on The best and most recent history books about the USA (and its problems).