"This book will explore the political, economic, and social forces that generated such rapid changes in traditional understandings of the constitutional relationships between the federal and state governments and their citizens"--
World War I and the American Constitution analyzes how the First World War transformed American constitutional law
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In this volume, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Michael Kammen explores the U.S. Constitution's place in the public consciousness and its role as a symbol in American life, from ratification in 1788 to our own time.
Drawing on specific examples, two historians look at how all three branches of the federal government have defied the tenets of the U.S. Constitution to make decisions that, while apparently beneficial, are not constitutional.
Stephen M. Griffin shows unexpected connections between the imperial presidency and constitutional crises, and argues for accountability by restoring Congress to a meaningful role in decisions for war.
This is the definitive story of how the United States attempted to turn Japan into a democratic and peace-loving nation by drafting a new constitution for its former enemy--and then pretending that the Japanese had written it.
JOHN PATRICK FINNEGAN, AGAINST THE SPECTER OF A DRAGON: The Campaign for Military Preparedness, ... OVER HERE: The First World War and American Society THOMAS KNOCK, TO END ALL WARS: Woodrow Wilson and the Quest for a New World Order ...
Michael Beschloss is a lauded historian and one of the keenest observers of the White House. In Presidents of War, he offers an authoritative portrait of our major wartime presidents in action, from the War of 1812 to the Vietnam War.
Traces the common roots of British and American liberty and argues for America to pursue to a committment to an alliance of English-speaking nations that traditionally placed an emphasis on the private sector, rather than a dependence on ...