REASSESSING THE PRESIDENCY: The Rise Of The Executive State And The Decline Of Freedom

Denson, John V. (Edited By)

ISBN 10: 0945466293 / ISBN 13: 9780945466291

Published by Auburn AL. 2001. Ludwig Von Mises Institute, 2001

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thick, white cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. minor wrinkling at spine top, couple of tiny edge nicks, not price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition. first printing (nap). xxxiii+791p+ contributor bio note. 23 papers by different contributors. 2 appendices. index. political philosophy. american history. politics. ~"Constitutional history indicates that the Founders intended for Congress to be the dominant branch of the federal government, very limited in scope and power. Today the executive has become, by far, the dominant branch of government even to the point that it is the main threat to the libertay and freedom of American citizens." ~ CONTRIBUTORS = John V. Denson (Editor) / George Bittlingmayer / Marshall L. DeRosa / Thomas J. Dilorenzo / Lowell Gallaway / Richard M. Gamble / David Gordon / Paul Randall Gottfried / G. Holcombe Hoppe Jeffrey Rogers Hummel / Michael Levin / Yuri N. Maltsev / William Marina / Ralph Raico / Carey Roberts / Joseph T. Salerno / Barry Dean Simpson / Joseph R. Stromberg / H. Arthur Scott Trask / Richard Vedder Clyde N. Wilson / Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: REASSESSING THE PRESIDENCY: The Rise Of The Executive State And The Decline Of Freedom
• Publisher: Auburn AL. 2001. Ludwig Von Mises Institute
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0945466293
• ISBN 13: 9780945466291
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • politics
  • political philosophy
  • american history

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Synopsis

This remarkable volume 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 Republican 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?

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, Joseph Salerno, Barry Simpson, Joseph Stromberg, H. Arthur Scott Trask, Richard Vedder, and Clyde Wilson.