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1994

Format:	Book
Author:	McDonald, Forrest.
Title:	The American presidency : an intellectual history / Forrest McDonald.
Publisher, Date:	Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©1994.
Description:	viii, 516 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:	"A trenchant and provocative essay on ambiguities and dilemmas of the American presidency"--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., in the Times Literary Supplement. "Full of perceptive observations and free of cant and cliche. McDonald lucidly discusses many of the issues and controversies surrounding the executive office"--New York Times Book Review.
Subjects:	Presidents -- United States -- History.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	Roots. The great legal commentators ; Political philosophers ; The lessons of history ; The colonial experience ; The revolutionary experience, 1776-1787 -- Establishment. The Convention ; Ratification ; The Washington administration ; The Jeffersonians -- Evolution. The President and the law ; President and administration ; President and Congress : Legislation ; President and Congress : Foreign affairs ; Images and elections, myths and symbols ; Afterthoughts.
LCCN:	93030235
ISBN:	0700606521 9780700606528 0700607498 9780700607495
Other Number:	28721282
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Call Number:	353.0313 McDonald

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