{"product_id":"2026600000298-secondhand-the-imperial-presidency","title":"The Imperial Presidency","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark work of American political history, The Imperial Presidency argues that the executive branch of the United States government has systematically expanded its power far beyond the boundaries envisioned by the Founding Fathers, often at the direct expense of Congress and the Constitution. Written with the authority of a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Schlesinger chronicles the steady accumulation of presidential power from the early republic through the Vietnam War and the Watergate era, illustrating how wartime emergencies and Cold War anxieties accelerated this dangerous consolidation of authority. The tone is both scholarly and urgent, presenting a rigorous constitutional analysis while sounding a clear alarm about the erosion of democratic checks and balances. Grounded in meticulous historical research, the work remains one of the most penetrating and prescient examinations of executive overreach ever written, as relevant to contemporary political debates as it was upon its original publication in 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48792238588123,"sku":"2026600000298-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/1aa20f03-6f6d-45cd-8212-e3a81969b15e.png?v=1779273783","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000298-secondhand-the-imperial-presidency","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}