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>> and now on booktv, logan beirne examines george washington's thoughts on politics and government during wartime. this is a little over one hour. >> good evening. i'm the director of the yale law library and i'm here to welcome you to the library booktalk sister i want to thank the founders society for cosponsoring tonight's talk. tonight's program features logan beirne who is the author of a new book on america's first chief executive entitled "blood of tyrants: george washington and the forging of the presidency." this is very much a yale law school block. it began as a paper whi...

would coil at the slightest touch. in fact, his vanity was so -- use famously ridiculed for it by another congressman on the floor of congress. but conkling was no joke. he was dangerously powerful. as a senior senator from new york he controlled the new york customs palace which was the largest federal office in the trendy, and controlled 70% of the countries customs revenue. conkling tightly control patronage within his state, and the expected template and unquestioning loyalty. in fact, his apartment in new york was known as the morgue. conkling was enraged when his candidate, for...