How to Get Rid of a President: History's Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives - Rilegato

Priess, David

 
9781541788206: How to Get Rid of a President: History's Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives
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ISBN 10: 1541788206 ISBN 13: 9781541788206
Casa editrice: Public Affairs, 2018

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A vivid political history of the schemes, plots, maneuvers, and conspiracies that have attempted -- successfully and not -- to remove unwanted presidents

To limit executive power, the founding fathers created fixed presidential terms of four years, giving voters regular opportunities to remove their leaders. Even so, Americans have often resorted to more dramatic paths to disempower the chief executive. The American presidency has seen it all, from rejecting a sitting president's renomination bid and undermining their authority in office to the more drastic methods of impeachment, and, most brutal of all, assassination.

How to Get Rid of a President showcases the political dark arts in action: a stew of election dramas, national tragedies, and presidential departures mixed with party intrigue, personal betrayal, and backroom shenanigans. This briskly paced, darkly humorous voyage proves that while the pomp and circumstance of presidential elections might draw more attention, the way that presidents are removed teaches us much more about our political order.

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Informazioni sull?autore

David Priess is author of the The President's Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America's Presidents. He has a PhD in Political Science from Duke University and served at the CIA during the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush as an intelligence officer, manager, and daily intelligence briefer and at the State Department. Priess writes, speaks, and appears often on broadcast media about the presidency and national security.

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Editore
Public Affairs
Data di pubblicazione
2018
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1541788206
ISBN 13 
9781541788206
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
301
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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9781541788220: How to Get Rid of a President: History's Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives

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ISBN 10:  1541788222 ISBN 13:  9781541788220
Casa editrice: PublicAffairs, 2019
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