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President or king? : evaluating the expansion of executive power from Abraham Lincoln to George W. Bush / Meena Bose, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- White House studies.
- White House studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Executive power--United States.
- Executive power.
- Presidents--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Presidents.
- Constitutional law--United States.
- Constitutional law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (211 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- With the expansion of the federal government since the 1930s and the rise of the United States as a global power in the twentieth century, the need for a powerful president to direct American priorities and policies is clear. This title analyses the growth of presidential power from the Civil War era to the present.
- Contents:
- pt. I. Constitutional limitations on presidential power in wartime
- pt. II. Examining the use of presidential power in the George W. Bush Administration
- pt. III. The future of presidential power.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62081-777-2
- OCLC:
- 839304869
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