The Imperial Presidency
- ISBN-10
- 0618420010
- ISBN-13
- 9780618420018
- Series
- The Imperial Presidency
- Category
- Executive power
- Pages
- 589
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Arthur Meier Schlesinger
Description
The presidential historian charts the progression of American power from George Washington to George W. Bush, revealing the exercise of power through the office as it has developed into an "imperial" seat of authority, in an updated edition of the classic history. Reprint.
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Other editions
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- 2011
- - pages
- Paperback
- Nova Science Publishers
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- 1988
- 481 pages
- Paperback
- Southern Book Publishers
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