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Command of office : how war, secrecy, and deception transformed the presidency from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Bush
Record details
- ISBN: 9780465027583 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 046502758X (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780465027576 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0465027571 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0465027571 (alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
xiii, 722 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Basic Books, ©2004.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The presidency. Of a republic transformed by kings, courtiers, and warriors -- Accidental presidents and vice presidential heirs apparent -- Let the people speak : no more smoke-filled rooms -- The presidents. To be a king (Theodore Roosevelt) -- The dauphin (William Howard Taft) -- The democratic interloper (Woodrow Wilson) -- Back to normalcy (Warren Harding) -- The great enigma (Calvin Coolidge) -- The engineer (Herbert Hoover) -- The savior (Franklin Roosevelt) -- The creator (Harry Truman) -- The general (Dwight D. Eisenhower) -- The boy wonder (John F. Kennedy) -- The Texan (Lyndon B. Johnson) -- The villain? (Richard Nixon) -- The innocent (Gerald Ford) -- The new Georgia (Jimmy Carter) -- The actor (Ronald Reagan) -- The Connecticut Yankee in disguise (George H.W. Bush) -- The rake's progress (Bill Clinton) -- Reagan's boy (George W. Bush) -- Epilogue -- Appendix : Bryce's and Toqueville's America : a prefiguring of twentieth-century America? |
| Summary, etc.: | The author uses the words of the last eighteen presidents to chart the steady accumulation of power in the oval office in the twentieth century--from William McKinley through George W. Bush. |
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| Genre: | Case studies. Biographies. |
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | 973.09 GRA (Text) | 34014101890185 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Milford Public Library | 973.099 G (Text) | 34013075945744 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | 973.099 GRA (Text) | 34005099130170 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Stafford Library | 973.09 GRAUBARD (Text) | 34061107685739 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Electronic resources
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0416/2004007706.html
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