Presidential Machismo: Executive Authority, Military Intervention, and Foreign RelationsNortheastern University Press, 2000 - 391 sidor Publisher description: This book offers a historical account of how presidents from George Washington to Bill Clinton have asserted their privilege as commander in chief, examining their penchant for using military might unilaterally and their reasons for doing so. It asks why a democracy allows presidents to exercise such immense power virtually as a personal right. |
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... Kennedy still regarded as the only tool for edging the republic toward democracy.78 With this tactic , Kennedy succeeded in prodding the Dominicans to hold an open presidential election in December that brought to power Juan Bosch , a ...
... Kennedy still regarded as the only tool for edging the republic toward democracy.78 With this tactic , Kennedy succeeded in prodding the Dominicans to hold an open presidential election in December that brought to power Juan Bosch , a ...
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... Kennedy : President and Politician , ” in Harper and Krieg . eds . , John F. Kennedy ( New York , 1988 ) , 5 . 49. Speech , Jan. 14 , 1960 , reprinted in Robert S. Hirschfield , ed . , The Power of the Presidency , 2d ed . ( Chicago ...
... Kennedy : President and Politician , ” in Harper and Krieg . eds . , John F. Kennedy ( New York , 1988 ) , 5 . 49. Speech , Jan. 14 , 1960 , reprinted in Robert S. Hirschfield , ed . , The Power of the Presidency , 2d ed . ( Chicago ...
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... Kennedy Tapes , 275 . 68. Address to the American people , Oct. 22 , 1962 , U.S. President , Public Papers : Kennedy , 1962 , 806 , 807 , 808 . 69. Oct. 24 , 1962 , quoted in Robert F. Kennedy , Thirteen Days ( New York , 1969 ) , 67 ...
... Kennedy Tapes , 275 . 68. Address to the American people , Oct. 22 , 1962 , U.S. President , Public Papers : Kennedy , 1962 , 806 , 807 , 808 . 69. Oct. 24 , 1962 , quoted in Robert F. Kennedy , Thirteen Days ( New York , 1969 ) , 67 ...
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INTRODUCTION | 3 |
Commander in Chief Enhanced | 37 |
To the Stewardship Theory | 66 |
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Presidential Machismo: Executive Authority, Military Intervention, and ... Alexander DeConde Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 2000 |
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