How Public Policy Became War

How Public Policy Became War
ISBN-10
0817922660
ISBN-13
9780817922665
Category
Political Science
Pages
176
Language
English
Published
2019-05-01
Publisher
Hoover Press
Authors
David Davenport, Gordon Lloyd

Description

President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal is widely understood as a turning point in American history. Roosevelt's decisions of 1933 reset the balance of power away from Congress and the states toward a strong executive branch. They shifted the federal government away from the Founders' vision of deliberation and moderation toward war and action. Modern-day presidents have declared war on everything from poverty and drugs to crime and terror. Exploring the consequences of these ill-defined (and never-ending) wars, this book calls for a re-examination of this destructive approach to governance.

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