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- The starting place remains Douglas Southall Freeman’s 7-volume biography.
- For his military career, see Edward G. Lengel, General George Washington: A Military Life.
- For his presidency, see Forrest McDonald’s Hamiltonian The Presidency of George Washington.
- For his very important relationship with James Madison, consult Stuart Leibiger, Founding Friendship: George Washington, James Madison, and the Creation of the American Republic.
- On an overlooked but crucial aspect of his career, read Glenn A. Phelps, George Washington and American Constitutionalism.