Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 353.031309
EAN num: 9780395515617
ISBN number: 0395515610
Label: Houghton Mifflin (P)
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin (P)
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 544
Printing Date: 1989-11
Publishing house: Houghton Mifflin (P)
Sale Popularity Level: 1520478
Studio: Houghton Mifflin (P)
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This Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and bestselling author questions the growth of presidential power in two centuries, from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. One of the most important and influential examinations of the U.S. presidency.
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Although this book was dated when I read it and is probably now considered a history book, I found it very enlighening and informative. I think perhaps the author tends to protect Kennedy and Roosevelt(II) but it is still a very good book. It reads very easily and has that Schlesneger signature. I would highly recommend the book to anyone interested in presidential history.
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We read this in college and it was one of the best books we ever saw on American politics and I read it again last week. Ir shows that it is not a good idea always to have presidents who get too powerful.
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Does history repeat itself? Sure seems like it. Scary stuff.
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The year before George W. Bush took office as president I attended a professional conference where a graduate student offered a paper that posed the question whether Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.'s "Imperial Presidency" was still valid. Quite a debate ensued. Today, in the wake of the Bush Doctrine of preemptive war, and its application in Iraq, I am compelled to offer that this revised volume, with new introduction, answers the previous question with a resounding yea. This has been a very important volume in the study of the presidency, especially regarding the constitution, foreign policy, and war. In the shadow of the Iraqi affair, I would go one step further and say it is a vital work in these troubled times. No, the era of the Imperial Presidency never really went away; and yes, it is a vital concern for the future of the republic and global stability. Schlesinger has recognized this and once again warns us of pending dangers.
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Although this book focuses on Richard Nixon's abuse of Presidential power, it can apply to the present day as well. Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush have all extended the power of the Presidency in ways the framers of the Constitution would never have dreamed of. I agree with the reviewer who commented about the favoritism towards Kennedy and Roosevelt hence the four stars rather than five. A great read for anyone interested in the American Constitution as it relates to the powers of the President.
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