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Lewis L. Gould - The Modern American Presidency - 9780700616848 - V9780700616848
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The Modern American Presidency

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Description for The Modern American Presidency Paperback. .
When the first edition of this book appeared in 2003, it was chosen as a Main Selection of both the Book-of-the-Month Club and History Book Club and quickly became the standard work on the modern American presidency - from William McKinley through William Jefferson Clinton. In that original edition, Lewis L. Gould argued that, while the president may be the most powerful man in the world, most presidents have fallen well short of the daunting challenges that confronted them while in office. During George W. Bush's two administrations, as Gould discusses in a substantial new chapter, those challenges grew in ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
517g
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700616848
SKU
V9780700616848
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Ref
99-2

About Lewis L. Gould
Lewis L. Gould's many books include The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt and Four Hats in the Ring: The 1912 Election and the Birth of Modern American Politics. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Reviews for The Modern American Presidency
An astute primer in executive power and privilege [and] a concise, intelligent survey of the transformations of the White House over the past century. Publishers Weekly Stylishly prepared and elegantly served up by one of America's most thoughtful, and thought-provoking, scholars. Richard Norton Smith, noted PBS political commentator A joy to read and pleasantly ... Read more

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