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100 1 _aRaphael, Ray.
245 1 0 _aMr. President :
_bhow and why the founders created a chief executive /
_cRay Raphael.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bAlfred A. Knopf,
_c2012.
300 _a324 p. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [289]-309) and index.
505 0 _aPart 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.
650 0 _aPresidents
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y18th century.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1783-1809.
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