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The Post-Presidency from Washington to Clinton
Burtin I. Kaufman
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Description for The Post-Presidency from Washington to Clinton
Hardcover. Traces the evolving roles of former presidents from George Washington to Bill Clinton and examines the lives of the thirty-one who lived for at least two years after leaving office. Offer s a unique history of the "office" of the post-presidency. Num Pages: 688 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1134.
When George Washington decided not to seek a third term, he initiated what would be a longstanding concern and challenge for former presidents: what to do with their post-presidential lives. The retirement of James Madison in 1817 initiated active ex-presidencies as he was drawn into political controversies; since then, the post-presidency has become an office unto itself.
Burton Kaufman’s unique history of that “office” traces the evolving roles of former presidents from Washington to Clinton, examining the lives of the thirty-one who lived for at least two years after leaving office. He marks the transition of the ex-presidency from ... Read more
When George Washington decided not to seek a third term, he initiated what would be a longstanding concern and challenge for former presidents: what to do with their post-presidential lives. The retirement of James Madison in 1817 initiated active ex-presidencies as he was drawn into political controversies; since then, the post-presidency has become an office unto itself.
Burton Kaufman’s unique history of that “office” traces the evolving roles of former presidents from Washington to Clinton, examining the lives of the thirty-one who lived for at least two years after leaving office. He marks the transition of the ex-presidency from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
688
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700618613
SKU
V9780700618613
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About Burtin I. Kaufman
Burton I. Kaufman is former Dean of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA chair of the history department and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies at Virginia Tech, USA and most recently an adjunct professor of history at the University of Utah, USA prior to his retirement. He is author of twelve books, ... Read more
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