Reassessing the Presidency
Author | : John V. Denson |
Publisher | : Ludwig von Mises Institute |
Total Pages | : 830 |
Release | : 2001 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780945466291 |
ISBN-13 | : 0945466293 |
Rating | : 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
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Author | : John V. Denson |
Publisher | : Ludwig von Mises Institute |
Total Pages | : 830 |
Release | : 2001 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780945466291 |
ISBN-13 | : 0945466293 |
Rating | : 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Author | : David Gordon |
Publisher | : Ludwig von Mises Institute |
Total Pages | : 619 |
Release | : 2013-09-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781610166140 |
ISBN-13 | : 1610166140 |
Rating | : 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
American Despots
Amazing low sale price in defense of authentic freedom as versus the presidency that betrayed it!
Everyone seems to agree that brutal dictators and despotic rulers deserve scorn and worse. But why have historians been so willing to overlook the despotic actions of the United States' own presidents? You can scour libraries from one end to the other and encounter precious few criticisms of America's worst despots.
The founders imagined that the president would be a collegial leader with precious little power who constantly faced the threat of impeachment. Today, however, the president orders thousands of young men and women to danger and death in foreign lands, rubber stamps regulations that throw enterprises into upheaval, controls the composition of the powerful Federal Reserve, and manages the priorities millions of swarms of bureaucrats that vex the citizenry in every way.
It is not too much of a stretch to say that the president embodies the Leviathan state as we know it. Or, more precisely, it is not an individual president so much as the very institution of the presidency that has been the major impediment of liberty. The presidency as the founders imagined it has been displaced by democratically ratified serial despotism. And, for that reason, it must be stopped.
Every American president seems to strive to make the historians' A-list by doing big and dramatic things—wars, occupations, massive programs, tyrannies large and small—in hopes of being considered among the "greats" such as Lincoln, Wilson, and FDR. They always imagine themselves as honored by future generations: the worse their crimes, the more the accolades.
Well, the free ride ends with Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom, edited by John Denson.
This remarkable volume (825 pages including index and bibliography) is the first full-scale revision of the official history of the U.S. executive state. It traces the progression of power exercised by American presidents from the early American Republic up to the eventual reality of the power-hungry Caesars which later appear as president in American history. Contributors examine the usual judgments of the historical profession to show the ugly side of supposed presidential greatness.
The mission inherent in this undertaking is to determine how the presidency degenerated into the office of American Caesar. Did the character of the man who held the office corrupt it, or did the power of the office, as it evolved, corrupt the man? Or was it a combination of the two? Was there too much latent power in the original creation of the office as the Anti-Federalists claimed? Or was the power externally created and added to the position by corrupt or misguided men?
There's never been a better guide to everything awful about American presidents. No, you won't get the civics text approach of see no evil. Essay after essay details depredations that will shock you, and wonder how American liberty could have ever survived in light of the rule of these people.
Contributors include George Bittlingmayer, John V. Denson, Marshall L. DeRosa, Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Lowell Gallaway, Richard M. Gamble, David Gordon, Paul Gottfried, Randall G. Holcombe, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, Michael Levin, Yuri N. Maltsev, William Marina, Ralph Raico, Joseph Salerno, Barry Simpson, Joseph Stromberg, H. Arthur Scott Trask, Richard Vedder, and Clyde Wilson.
Author | : Richard Steven Conley |
Publisher | : Upa |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2003 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015056495974 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Essays collected here, first presented at the International Conference on the History of the Presidency of Ronald Reagan, March 2002, represent a cross-section of presidency scholars in the fields of history and political science. After an overview of the current state of research on the Reagan presidency, essays address Reagan's "public" or "rhetorical" presidency, his connection with conservatives and conservatism, and institutional politics in the Reagan years. Conley teaches political science at the University of Florida. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Author | : Michael A. Genovese |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2017-09-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 1138537756 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781138537750 |
Rating | : 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
This brief, thought-provoking text evaluates the performance of recent presidents from Johnson to Bush, finding that, overall, each has failed to live up to public expectations. Written by one of the top presidency scholars today, The Presidential Dilemmareflects on the idea that as our country's problems grow, our politicians seem to shrink. Arguing that American presidents of the last 40 years have largely failed to meet the needs, expectations, and responsibilities placed upon them, the book discusses how presidents might better maximize their opportunities for leadership and suggests a distinctive theory of presidential politics: presidents, facing a system of multiple veto points, seek to maximize power and influence. The third edition of Genovese's stimulating book is thoroughly updated to reflect presidential development in recent years, and a new introduction brings his arguments current. As he demonstrates, the emergence of democracy as a new social and political paradigm undermined traditional authority and legitimacy. Subjects no longer automatically follow; now citizens must be persuaded. They may give to a leader their authority and power, or not. As Genovese notes, in a world of mass consumerism, those wishing to lead have precious little to offer by way of inducement. Genovese's goal is to examine the reasons why the performance of recent presidents has been underwhelming, discuss how they might maximize their opportunities for leadership, and ask a key question: Can presidents be both powerful and accountable? The book follows a clear format and tries to show why America's officeholders have so rarely been leaders and how presidents can become leaders instead of mere officeholders.
Author | : Karen Toombs Parsons |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 850 |
Release | : 1992 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:28159799 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Author | : Thomas S. Langston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1995 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015026932502 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
What's wrong with the American presidency? Why is the world's oldest surviving democracy headed by a leader who lives and acts like a king? And why is that same leader so often held in low esteem by those who elected him? In this spirited survey of presidential history, Thomas Langston examines two centuries of unrealistic expectations, false hopes, and willful misunderstandings that lie at the heart of America's "dysfunctional relationship" with its president. Langston argues that each president becomes an icon, a stylized image of Americans' faith in themselves and in their country. Taking us on an investigation of how the game of presidential symbol-making is played, Langston reveals how Americans' wishful thinking is encouraged and how even the best presidents are invited to deceive the public. With Reverence and Contempt concludes with a series of recommendations, including legislative changes aimed at improving the relationship between the president and the public by cutting the president's symbolic value down to size.
Author | : Robert P. Watson |
Publisher | : Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2000 |
ISBN-10 | : 1555879489 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781555879488 |
Rating | : 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Traces the development of the First Lady's role from obscurity into an influential force in politics, complete with office, staff and budgetary resources to rival those of key presidential advisors. The author also explores the paradoxes surrounding activism in the office.
Author | : Ivan Eland |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
ISBN-10 | : 159813129X |
ISBN-13 | : 9781598131291 |
Rating | : 4/5 (9X Downloads) |
"Updated rankings from George Washington to Barack Obama."
Author | : Hyung-A Kim |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2011-12-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780295801797 |
ISBN-13 | : 0295801794 |
Rating | : 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
The Republic of Korea achieved a double revolution in the second half of the twentieth century. In just over three decades, South Korea transformed itself from an underdeveloped, agrarian country into an affluent, industrialized one. At the same time, democracy replaced a long series of military authoritarian regimes. These historic changes began under President Park Chung Hee, who seized power through a military coup in 1961 and ruled South Korea until his assassination on October 26, 1979. While the state's dominant role in South Korea's rapid industrialization is widely accepted, the degree to which Park was personally responsible for changing the national character remains hotly debated. This book examines the rationale and ideals behind Park's philosophy of national development in order to evaluate the degree to which the national character and moral values were reconstructed.
Author | : Arthur Meier Schlesinger |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 630 |
Release | : 2004 |
ISBN-10 | : 0618420010 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780618420018 |
Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
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