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In 1789, the Founding Fathers came up with a system of checks and balances to keep kingly powers out of the hands of American presidents. But in the 1970s and '80s, a faction of Republican loyalists, outraged by the fall of the imperial presidency after Watergate and the Vietnam War, abandoned conservatives' traditional suspicion of concentrated government power. These men hatched a plot that would allow the White House to return to, or even surpass, the virtually unchecked powers that Richard Nixon had briefly tried to wield. Congress would be defanged, and the commander-in-chief would be able to assert a unilateral dominance both at home and abroad.

Today, this plot is coming to fruition. As Takeover reveals, the Bush-Cheney administration has succeeded in seizing vast powers for the presidency by throwing off many of the restraints placed upon it by Congress, the courts, and the Constitution. This timely book unveils the secret machinations behind the headlines, explaining the links between warrantless wiretapping and the President Bush's Supreme Court nominees, between the torture debate and the secrecy surrounding Vice President Cheney's energy task force, and between the "faith-based initiative" and the holding of US citizens without trial as "enemy combatants." It tells, for the first time, the full story of a hidden agenda three decades in the making, laying out how a group of true believers set out to establish monarchical executive powers that, in the words of one conservative critic, "will lie around like a loaded weapon" ready to be picked up by any future president.

Brilliantly reported and deftly told, Takeover is a searing investigation into how the constitutional balance of our democracy is in danger of being permanently altered. For anyone who cares about America's past, present, and future, it is essential reading.
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Takeover The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy Charlie Savage Books Reviews :

In 1789, the Founding Fathers came up with a system of checks and balances to keep kingly powers out of the hands of American presidents. But in the 1970s and '80s, a faction of Republican loyalists, outraged by the fall of the imperial presidency after Watergate and the Vietnam War, abandoned conservatives' traditional suspicion of concentrated government power. These men hatched a plot that would allow the White House to return to, or even surpass, the virtually unchecked powers that Richard Nixon had briefly tried to wield. Congress would be defanged, and the commander-in-chief would be able to assert a unilateral dominance both at home and abroad.

Today, this plot is coming to fruition. As Takeover reveals, the Bush-Cheney administration has succeeded in seizing vast powers for the presidency by throwing off many of the restraints placed upon it by Congress, the courts, and the Constitution. This timely book unveils the secret machinations behind the headlines, explaining the links between warrantless wiretapping and the President Bush's Supreme Court nominees, between the torture debate and the secrecy surrounding Vice President Cheney's energy task force, and between the "faith-based initiative" and the holding of US citizens without trial as "enemy combatants." It tells, for the first time, the full story of a hidden agenda three decades in the making, laying out how a group of true believers set out to establish monarchical executive powers that, in the words of one conservative critic, "will lie around like a loaded weapon" ready to be picked up by any future president.

Brilliantly reported and deftly told, Takeover is a searing investigation into how the constitutional balance of our democracy is in danger of being permanently altered. For anyone who cares about America's past, present, and future, it is essential reading.

Charlie Savage,Takeover The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy,Back Bay Books,0316118052,American Government - Executive Branch,Constitutional,USA,Bush, George W - Political and social views,Cheney, Richard B,Cheney, Richard B - Political and social views,Executive power - United States,Executive power;United States.,Fanaticism - United States,Official secrets - United States,Official secrets;United States.,Presidents - United States,Right-wing extremists - United States,United States - Politics and government - 2001-,United States - Politics and government - 2001-2009,United States;Politics and government;2001-2009.,Vice-Presidents - United States,American Government,CONSTITUTIONAL LAW,Corruption Misconduct,Executive Branch,Executive power,Executive power - United States,Executive power;United States.,Fanaticism - United States,General,General Adult,History/United States - 21st Century,LAW / Constitutional,Non-Fiction,Official secrets,Official secrets - United States,Official secrets;United States.,POLITICAL SCIENCE,POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch,POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General,POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption Misconduct,Political Freedom,Political Science/Political Freedom,Politics government,Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,Politics/Intl Relations,Presidents - United States,Right-wing extremists,Right-wing extremists - United States,Sociology, Social Studies,U.S. FEDERAL EXECUTIVE BODIES,U.S.presidents U.S. vice-presidents Power American politics and government American politics International relations American history Democracy Government secrets,USA,United States,United States - 21st Century,United States - Politics and government - 2001-,United States - Politics and government - 2001-2009,United States;Politics and government;2001-2009.,Vice-Presidents - United States,History/United States - 21st Century,LAW / Constitutional,POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch,POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General,POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption Misconduct,Political Freedom,Political Science/Political Freedom,United States - 21st Century,Politics / Current Events,Constitutional Law,U.S. Federal Executive Bodies,Executive power,Official secrets,Right-wing extremists,United States,Political Science,Politics/International Relations,Politics government,Sociology, Social Studies

Takeover The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy (9780316118057) Charlie Savage Books

 

Product details Paperback 448 pages Publisher Back Bay Books; Reprint edition (April 28, 2008) Language English ISBN-10 9780316118057 ISBN-13 978-0316118057 ASIN 0316118052

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