Iran-Contra: Reagan's Scandal and the Unchecked Abuse of Presidential Power, Paperback - Malcolm Byrne

Reducere. Choice Outstanding Academic Title Everything began to unravel on October 5, 1986, when a Nicaraguan soldier downed an American plane carrying arms ...

How the executive branch-not the president alone-formulates executive orders, and how this process constrains the chief executive's ability to act ...

Reveals how the U.S. Supreme Court's presidentialism threatens our democracy and what to do about it. Donald Trump's presidency made many Americans...

DescriptionWith gridlock, presidents increasingly rely on unilateral actions - means not requiring legislative statutes - which many view as tantam...

Reducere. The Trump presidency was not the first to spark contentious debates about presidential power, but its impact on these debates will reverberate far ...

Reducere. One of the great Catholic philosophers of our day reflects on the way language has been abused so that, instead of being a means of communicating t...

Reducere. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie Savage's penetrating investigation of the Obama presidency and the national security state. Barack Obama ...

DescriptionWhere Trump Learned to RuleTo know Donald J. Trump--to understand what makes the forty-fifth president of the United States tick--it is ...

That the president uniquely represents the national interest is a political truism, yet this idea has been transformational, shaping the efforts of...

Scandal of Colonial Rule: Power and Subversion in the British Atlantic during the Age of Revolution - James Epstein

An inside look at what it means to be pro-regime in Iran, and the debates around the future of the Islamic Republic. More than half of Iran's citiz...

DescriptionHas the imperial presidency returned? "Well written and, while indispensable for college courses, should appeal beyond academic audience...

From the author of In God's Name which has sold 6 million copies, this is a controversial expose concerning the Catholic Church's unfolding child-a...

No Blank Check presents a comprehensive study of public opinion towards presidential power. Analyzing data from panel surveys, original experiments...

The first to offer an explanation of the levels of reliance on executive decrees in comparative perspective, this book intends to reach an audience...

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Do you want to discover how to safely escape from toxic parents and people? A guide to how to take back your life? If yes, then keep reading...The ...

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A picture book about the extraordinary power of imagination, from the team behindthe phenomenally bestselling The Secret.

The first expose of the secret U.S.-Saudi plot that broke OPEC and brought down the Shah of Iran

Reducere. Going deep behind the headlines about scandals in the Catholic Church, Jason Berry and Gerald Renner's Vows of Silence follows the staggering trail...

Reducere. In his landmark bestseller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes th...

DescriptionThe most significant and dynamic struggles for power in the United States of America occur between presidents and the federal bureaucrac...

Unrestrained is the moving, sometimes frightening story of Caroline Cameron's journey of surviving and thriving after years of horrific abuse from ...

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Pathological mind games. Covert and overt put-downs. Triangulation. Gaslighting. Projection. These are the manipulative tactics survivors of malign...

Reducere. Starting with the first chapter titled Something's Missing, your readers will be launched into an explosive, yet motivating, revelation of a deeper...

Power has a God-given role in human relationships and institutions, but it can lead to abuse when used in unhealthy ways. Speaking into current #Me...

DescriptionAs the situation in Israel/Palestine seems to become ever more intractable and protracted, the need for new ways of looking at recent de...