Takeover The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy

Name: Takeover The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy
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ISBN: 9780316118057

ISBN-10: 0316118052

ISBN-13: 9780316118057

Edition: 2008

Authors: Charlie Savage

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Praised everywhere as a stunning work of reportage, TAKEOVER lays bare a hidden agenda, three decades in the making, to allow the White House to wield enormous powers, unchecked by Congres or the courts--an agenda that links warrantless wiretapping and Bush's judicial nominees, torture and Cheney's energy task force, the faith-based initiative and the imprisonment of citizens without trial. TAKEOVER tells the story of how a group of true believers, led by Cheney, set out to establish near-monarchical executive powers that, in the words of one conservative critic, "will lie around like a loaded weapon" for any future president .

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Publication date: 4/28/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 8.27" wide x 5.51" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English




Inside the Bunker



The Fall of the Imperial Presidency and the Rise of Dick Cheney: 1789-1976



"A Cabal of Zealots": 1977-2000



The Agenda



"Behind Closed Doors": Secrecy I



The Unleashing: Laws and Treaties I



"A Hollow Shell": Secrecy II



Pushback and Purge: Laws and Treaties II



The Torture Ban



Power of the Pen: Signing Statements



"To Say What the Law Is": The Supreme Court



Centralize and Control: The Executive Branch



The Politics of Presidential Power


Afterword


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index