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Takeover : the return of the imperial presidency and the subversion of American democracy
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- Creator
- Charlie Savage
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First Back Bay paperback edition
- New York : Back Bay Books, 2008
- Physical Details
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- 422 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780316118057, 0316118052
- OCLC
- ocn227037292
- With a new afterword by the author--P. 4 of cover.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Inside the bunker -- The fall of the imperial presidency and the rise of Dick Cheney : 1789-1976 -- "A cabal of zealots" : 1977-2000 -- The agenda -- "Behind closed doors" : secrecy I -- The unleashing : laws and treaties I -- "A hollow shell" : secrecy II -- Pushback and purge : laws and treaties II -- The torture ban -- Power of the pen : signing statements -- "To say what the law is" : the Supreme Court -- Centralize and control : the Executive Branch -- The politics of presidential power
Subjects
- Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- -- Political and social views.
- Cheney, Richard B. -- Political and social views.
- Cheney, Richard B.
- Executive power -- United States.
- Official secrets -- United States.
- Right-wing extremists -- United States.
- Fanaticism -- United States.
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
- Vice-presidents -- United States -- Biography.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.