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Description for Pitiful Giants
Paperback. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Five presidents (Eisenhower, Reagan, Clinton, Bush, and Obama) have been elected to and served a second term. Seemingly free from electoral pressure, each president has taken a unique approach to their second term, and the book seeks to unpack the rationale behind their decisions and actions in their final years of power.
Five presidents (Eisenhower, Reagan, Clinton, Bush, and Obama) have been elected to and served a second term. Seemingly free from electoral pressure, each president has taken a unique approach to their second term, and the book seeks to unpack the rationale behind their decisions and actions in their final years of power.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
The Evolving American Presidency
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349489176
SKU
V9781349489176
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Ref
99-15
About D. Franklin
Daniel P. Franklin is Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University, USA.
Reviews for Pitiful Giants
“Franklin (Georgia State Univ.) examines the trials faced and opportunities afforded to lame duck presidents, men who ‘begin to hemorrhage influence from the moment they are reelected.’ … Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduate and graduate collections.” (R. P. Seyb, Choice, Vol. 53 (7), March, 2016)