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Author Savage, Charlie.

Title Takeover : the return of the imperial presidency and the subversion of American democracy / Charlie Savage.

Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown, 2007.
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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  973.931 SAVAGE    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  973.931 SAV    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  973.931 SAVAGE    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  973.931 SAVAGE    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  973.931 SA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description vii, 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Inside the bunker -- The fall of the imperial presidency and the rise of Dick Cheney : 1789-1976 -- "A cabal of zealots" : 1977-2000 -- The agenda -- "Behind closed doors" : secrecy I -- The unleashing : laws and treaties I -- "A hollow shell" : secrecy II -- The perseverance and the purge : laws and treaties II -- The torture ban -- Power of the pen : signing statements -- "To say what the law is" : the Supreme Court -- Discipline and control : the Executive Branch -- The politics of presidential power.
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- -- Political and social views.
Cheney, Richard B. -- Political and social views.
Executive power -- United States.
Official secrets -- United States.
Right-wing extremists -- United States.
Fanaticism -- United States.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Cheney, Richard B.
Vice-presidents -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 9780316118040
0316118044
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