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Mr. President : how and why the founders created a chief executive /

Raphael, Ray.

Mr. President : how and why the founders created a chief executive / Ray Raphael. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. - 324 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-309) and index.

Part I. Precedents (for better and mostly worse): little gods on earth: monarchs and their governors; revolution and the retreat from executive authority -- Part II. Conjuring the office: first draft; second guesses; Gouverneur Morris's final push -- Part III. Field tests: selling the plan; the launch; Washington and the challenge to transcendent leadership; system failure: partisan politics and the election of 1800; Jefferson stretches the limits.

9780307595270 (hardcover) 9780307742384

2011033471


Presidents--History--United States--18th century.


United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.

JK511 / .R36 2012

352.230973

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