War Powers: How the Imperial Presidency Hijacked the Constitution by Peter Irons

War Powers: How the Imperial Presidency Hijacked the Constitution

Peter Irons

320 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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A "compelling and unnerving" assessment of how the Constitution has been distorted to accomodate the drive to empire (The Washington Post) Concerned about the dangers of unchecked executive power, the Founding Fathers deliberately assigned Congres...

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