This book explores how American presidents--especially those of the past three decades--have increased the power of the presidency at the expense of democracy.

This sterling collection of original, never-before-published essays on six fascinating contemporary presidents by some of the leading presidential biographers o

This is a revised edition of Presidential power, 1980, which was originally published by Wiley in 1960. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

How the search for power defines the American presidential office All American presidents, past and present, have cared deeply about power—acquiring, protecti

The surprising truth behind Barack Obama's decision to continue many of his predecessor's counterterrorism policies. Conventional wisdom holds that 9/11 sounded