The Imperial Presidency

Schlesinger, Arthur Meier

ISBN 10: 0735100470 / ISBN 13: 9780735100473

Published by Bridgewater, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Xlibris Corp, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Imperial Presidency

Publisher: Bridgewater, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Xlibris Corp

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis:

Advocating that the United States needs a strong Presidency within the Constitution, Schlesinger examines the rise of presidential power as well as its benefits and hazards

About the Author:

ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER, JR., the author of sixteen books, was a renowned historian and social critic. He twice won the Pulitzer Prize, in 1946 for The Age of Jackson and in 1966 for A Thousand Days. He was also the winner of the National Book Award for both A Thousand Days and Robert Kennedy and His Times (1979). In 1998 he was awarded the prestigious National Humanities Medal.