Crisis and command : the history of executive power from George Washington to George W. Bush / John Yoo
Imprint
New York : Kaplan, c2009
Copies
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Status
CCQ - Lusail Female Library
KF5053
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CCQ - Lusail Male Library
KF5053
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Description
xx, 524 p. ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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
