The Imperial Presidency
by Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, Jr.Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-08-12
Publisher(s): INGRAM
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Summary
From two-time Pulitzer Prizewinning 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).
Author Biography
ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER, JR., the author of sixteen books, was a renowned historian and social critic. He twice won the Pulitzer Prize, in 1946 for The Age of Jackson and in 1966 for A Thousand Days. He was also the winner of the National Book Award for both A Thousand Days and Robert Kennedy and His Times (1979). In 1998 he was awarded the prestigious National Humanities Medal.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. vi |
| Introduction to the Mariner Edition | p. ix |
| Foreword to the 1973 Edition | p. xxv |
| What the Founding Fathers Intended | p. 1 |
| Where the Founding Fathers Disagreed | p. 13 |
| The Rise of Presidential War | p. 35 |
| Congress Makes a Comeback | p. 68 |
| The Presidency Resurgent: The Second World War | p. 100 |
| The Presidency Ascendant: Korea | p. 127 |
| The Presidency Rampant: Vietnam | p. 177 |
| The Revolutionary Presidency: Washington | p. 208 |
| Democracy and Foreign Policy | p. 278 |
| The Secrecy System | p. 331 |
| The Future of the Presidency | p. 377 |
| Epilogue: After the Imperial Presidency | p. 420 |
| Notes | p. 501 |
| Index | p. 551 |
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