Presidential Machismo: Executive Authority, Military Intervention, and Foreign RelationsNortheastern University Press, 2000 - 391 من الصفحات 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. |
المحتوى
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
Commander in Chief Enhanced | 37 |
To the Stewardship Theory | 66 |
حقوق النشر | |
7 من الأقسام الأخرى غير ظاهرة
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
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