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Crisis and Command A History of Executive Power from George Washington to George W. Bush

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ISBN-10: 1607145553

ISBN-13: 9781607145554

Edition: 2009

Authors: John Yoo

List price: $21.00
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An American President faces war and finds himself hamstrung by a Congress that will not act. To protect national security, he invokes his powers as Commander-in-Chief and orders actions that seem to violate laws enacted by Congress. He is excoriated for usurping dictatorial powers, placing himself above the law, and threatening to "breakdown constitutional safeguards."One could be forgiven for thinking that the above describes former President George W. Bush. Yet these particular attacks on presidential power were leveled against Franklin D. Roosevelt. They could just as well describe similar attacks leveled against George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln and a…    
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Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
Publication date: 1/5/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 544
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

John Yoois a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law, where he has taught since 1993. From 2001-2003, he served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked on issues involving foreign affairs, national security, and the separation of powers. He served as general counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee from 1995-96, where he advised on constitutional issues and judicial nominations.Professor Yoo received his B.A., summa cum laude, in American history from Harvard University and his J.D. from Yale Law School. He was a visiting professor at the University of Chicago Law School…    

Introduction
Beginnings
Creation
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Cold War Presidents
The Once and Future Presidency
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index