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"This impressive, massive book on American presidential power is the work of a distinguished scholar of the presidency.... <It> will fascinate the general reader as well as the specialist." -- The Times (London) Command of Office reveals the remarkable--and dangerous--concentration... read more
First Sentence
THOSE WHO FRAMED the U.S. Constitution were determined that the new republic should be deterred from pursuing the political policies and practices of the old country, abandoning royal power and the exaggerated deference it inspired, shunning war in all but very exceptional circumstances.
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- Stephen Richards Graubard (Author)
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