• Disruptors: George Washington

  • Jan 6 2025
  • Length: 14 mins
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Disruptors: George Washington

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  • Washington may be better known as a man of action rather than ideas. However, he gave the world one idea of huge power, an idea that was also about power. As a military General, Washington won the American War of Independence. Then, as the first ever US president, he helped establish a nation and guide it through its early life. And then he did something extraordinary – he voluntarily gave up his power and returned to his farm. The idea of the peaceful transfer of power has been at the heart of the American system ever since.

    Special thanks to Dr Tom F Wright, Associate Professor in Rhetoric at the University of Sussex.

    Produced by BBC Studios Audio in partnership with The Open University.
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