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Imagine an American president who imprisoned critics, spread a culture of white supremacy and tried to upend the law so that he could commit crimes with impunity. In this propulsive and eminently readable history, Corey Brettschneider provides a thoroughly researched account of assaults on democracy by not one such president but five: John Adams, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Woodrow Wilson and Richard Nixon.
Brettschneider shows that these presidents didn't have the last word; citizen movements brought the United States back from the precipice by appealing to a democratic understanding of the Constitution and pressuring subsequent reform-minded presidents to realise the promise of "We the People". This is a book about citizens-Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, Daniel Ellsberg and more-who fought back against presidential abuses of power and give hope about the possibilities of restoring democracy.
Imagine an American president who imprisoned critics, spread a culture of white supremacy and tried to upend the law so that he could commit crimes with impunity. In this propulsive and eminently readable history, Corey Brettschneider provides a thoroughly researched account of assaults on democracy by not one such president but five: John Adams, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Woodrow Wilson and Richard Nixon.
Brettschneider shows that these presidents didn't have the last word; citizen movements brought the United States back from the precipice by appealing to a democratic understanding of the Constitution and pressuring subsequent reform-minded presidents to realise the promise of "We the People". This is a book about citizens-Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, Daniel Ellsberg and more-who fought back against presidential abuses of power and give hope about the possibilities of restoring democracy.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781324110880 |
| ISBN-10: | 1324110880 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Brettschneider, Corey |
| Hersteller: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 207 x 140 x 25 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Corey Brettschneider |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 28.10.2025 |
| Gewicht: | 0,307 kg |
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