Command of office : how war, secrecy, and deception transformed the presidency from Theodore Rooseve...
Command of office : how war, secrecy, and deception transformed the presidency from Theodore Rooseve...
Command of office : how war, secrecy, and deception transformed the presidency from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Bush / Stephen Graubard.
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New York : Basic Books, c2004.
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N973.099/20
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English
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xiii, 722 p. [8] p. of plates : ill., ports., plates ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Of a republic transformed by kings, courtiers, and warriors -- 2. Accidental presidents and vice presidential heirs apparent -- 3. Let the people speak : no more smoke-filled rooms -- 4. To be a king -- 5. The dauphin -- 6. The democratic interloper -- 7. Back to normalcy -- 8. The great enigma -...
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New York : Basic Books, c2004.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c2004.
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"Drawing upon his intimate knowledge of every president since FDR, Graubard reveals the dangerous transformation of the executive branch in the last hundred years. He tracks the steady expansion of secrecy as a tool of presidential authority, one that inevitably diminished the power of the other two branches of government."--BOOK JACKET....
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Command of office : how war, secrecy, and deception transformed the presidency from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Bush / Stephen Graubard.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 569-695 ) and index.
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N973.099/20
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0465027571
9780465027576 (alk. paper)
0465027571 (alk. paper)
9780465027576
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973.099
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991019701419702626
