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The Imperial Presidency
by Schlesinger Jr., Arthur M
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0395177138
- ISBN 13
- 9780395177136
- Seller
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Book in Good Condition. No Jacket. Tan cloth binding with red title panel on front and spine, sharp and bright gilt titles within, mostly clean with a few small spots, top edge tinted red, fore edge has some foxing; former owner name on front endpaper; light foxing along fore-edge of inside of front cover and endpaper in front and back; pages lightly toned, Forward page has small mark, otherwise pages quite clean and free from any markings. Schlesinger wrote this book in 1973 out of a double concern: The first is that the pivotal institution of the American government, the Presidency, has gotten out of control and badly needs new definition and restraint; the second is that revulsion against inordinate theories of presidential power may produce an inordinate swing against the presidency and thereby do essential damage to our national capacity to handle the problems of the future. The answer to the runaway Presidency is not a messenger-boy Presidency. The American democracy must discover a middle-ground between making the President a czar and making him/her a puppet. The problem is to devise means of reconciling a strong and purposeful President with equally strong and purposeful democratic control --a strong President within the Constitution. The book devotes special attention to the history of war-making power. x + 505 pages with Notes and Index. 6 x 9.25 inches. 1973, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Synopsis
From two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., comes one of the most important and influential investigations of the American presidency. The Imperial Presidency traces the growth of presidential power over two centuries, from George Washington to George W. Bush, examining how it has both served and harmed the Constitution and what Americans can do about it in years to come. The book that gave the phrase “imperial presidency” to the language, this is a work of “substantial scholarship written with lucidity, charm, and wit” (The New Yorker).
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- Seller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 024529
- Title
- The Imperial Presidency
- Author
- Schlesinger Jr., Arthur M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- ISBN 10
- 0395177138
- ISBN 13
- 9780395177136
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- EXECUTIVE POWER, UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS, HISTORY,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics & Government;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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