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Author Yoo, John.

Title Crisis and command : the history of executive power, from George Washington to George W. Bush / John Yoo.

Publication Info. New York : Kaplan Pub., [2009]
©2009

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  342.73 Y8    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  342.7306 YO    Check Shelf
Description xx, 524 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-507) and index.
Contents Beginnings -- Creation -- George Washington -- Thomas Jefferson -- Andrew Jackson -- Abraham Lincoln -- Franklin D. Roosevelt -- The Cold War presidents -- The once and future presidency.
Summary Argues that the decisions of past American presidents have increased the powers of the executive branch of government and that the American Constitution is vague on the issue so as to enable the use of such power in times of crisis.
Subject Executive power -- United States -- History.
Presidents -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History.
Constitutional history -- United States.
ISBN 9781607145554: $29.95
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