With Reverence and Contempt: How Americans Think about Their President
- ISBN-10
- 0801850177
- ISBN-13
- 9780801850172
- Category
- Presidents
- Pages
- 180
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Author
- Thomas S. Langston
Description
With Reverence and Contempt concludes with a series of recommendations, including legislative changes aimed at improving the relationship between the president and the public by cutting the president's symbolic value down to size.
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- 1996-09
- 328 pages
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