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Decline and fall of the American republic

Ackerman, Bruce

Decline and fall of the American republic - Cambridge Harvard University Press 2010 - 270p. 22 cm. - Tanner lectures on human values . - Tanner lectures on human values (Cambridge, Mass.) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Triumphalism -- The most dangerous branch -- An extremist presidency -- The politicized military -- The question of legitimacy -- Three crises -- Executive constitutionalism -- Reconstruction -- Enlightening politics -- Restoring the rule of law -- Living dangerously.

ISBN: 9780674057036

LCCN: 2010024819

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB083694 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015600392 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Presidents--United States.
Executive power--United States.
Constitutional history--United States.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Politics and government--1989-

LC Class. No.: JK516 / .A38 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 320.973 / AC-D