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Commander in Chief
Partisanship, Nationalism, and the Reconstruction of Congressional War Powers
Price: $54.95
Pub Date: May 8, 2024
Format: Hardcover
280 Pages
Based on an original, comprehensive dataset of every congressional reference to the commander-in-chief clause from the Founding through 1917, Casey Dominguez's Commander in Chief systematically analyzes the authority that members of Congress ascribe to the president as commander in chief and the boundaries they put around that authority.
Thunder from the Prairie
The Life of Harold E. Hughes
Price: $44.95
Pub Date: August 15, 2023
Format: Hardcover
360 Pages
Arc of Power
Inside Nancy Pelosi's Speakership, 2005–2010
Price: $39.95
Pub Date: September 27, 2022
Format: Hardcover
384 Pages
Empire of Direct Mail
How Conservative Marketing Persuaded Voters and Transformed the Grassroots
Price: $34.95
Pub Date: August 26, 2022
Format: Paperback
264 Pages
Thomas Brackett Reed
The Gilded Age Speaker Who Made the Rules for American Politics
Price: $29.95
Pub Date: July 21, 2022
Format: Hardcover
304 Pages
Newt Gingrich
The Rise and Fall of a Party Entrepreneur
Price: $29.95
Pub Date: July 15, 2022
Format: Hardcover
302 Pages
Bootstrap Liberalism
Texas Political Culture in the Age of FDR
Price: $54.95
Pub Date: April 21, 2022
Format: Hardcover
328 Pages
Real Americans
National Identity, Violence, and the Constitution
Price: $34.95
Pub Date: February 5, 2022
Format: Paperback
376 Pages
A compelling challenge to the conventional wisdom that a shared devotion to the Constitution is the essence of what it means to be American; this book shows the language of constitutional devotion has long served to justify hatred, violence, and exclusion.
The CIA and Congress
The Untold Story from Truman to Kennedy
Price: $40.00
Pub Date: May 12, 2017
Format: Paperback
552 Pages
A gripping account of the struggle between the Central Intelligence Agency and Congress during the Agency's tumultuous first 15 years—from its creation in 1947 to its failures during the “Bay of Pig” operation. Barrett dispels the conventional wisdom that Congress handed the CIA a blank check, demonstrating Congress’s aggressive monitoring of every aspect of the CIA, while also maintaining its staunch support for the Agency’s mission.
Commander in Chief
Partisanship, Nationalism, and the Reconstruction of Congressional War Powers
Price: $54.95
Pub Date: May 8, 2024
Format: Hardcover
280 Pages
Thunder from the Prairie
The Life of Harold E. Hughes
Price: $44.95
Pub Date: August 15, 2023
Format: Hardcover
360 Pages
Arc of Power
Inside Nancy Pelosi's Speakership, 2005–2010
Price: $39.95
Pub Date: September 27, 2022
Format: Hardcover
384 Pages
Empire of Direct Mail
How Conservative Marketing Persuaded Voters and Transformed the Grassroots
Price: $34.95
Pub Date: August 26, 2022
Format: Paperback
264 Pages
Thomas Brackett Reed
The Gilded Age Speaker Who Made the Rules for American Politics
Price: $29.95
Pub Date: July 21, 2022
Format: Hardcover
304 Pages
Newt Gingrich
The Rise and Fall of a Party Entrepreneur
Price: $29.95
Pub Date: July 15, 2022
Format: Hardcover
302 Pages
Bootstrap Liberalism
Texas Political Culture in the Age of FDR
Price: $54.95
Pub Date: April 21, 2022
Format: Hardcover
328 Pages
Real Americans
National Identity, Violence, and the Constitution
Price: $34.95
Pub Date: February 5, 2022
Format: Paperback
376 Pages
A compelling challenge to the conventional wisdom that a shared devotion to the Constitution is the essence of what it means to be American; this book shows the language of constitutional devotion has long served to justify hatred, violence, and exclusion.
The CIA and Congress
The Untold Story from Truman to Kennedy
Price: $40.00
Pub Date: May 12, 2017
Format: Paperback
552 Pages
A gripping account of the struggle between the Central Intelligence Agency and Congress during the Agency's tumultuous first 15 years—from its creation in 1947 to its failures during the “Bay of Pig” operation. Barrett dispels the conventional wisdom that Congress handed the CIA a blank check, demonstrating Congress’s aggressive monitoring of every aspect of the CIA, while also maintaining its staunch support for the Agency’s mission.