Mr. President : how and why the founders created a chief executive / Ray Raphael.
On June 1, 1787, when the Federal Convention first talked of establishing a new executive branch, James Wilson moved that "the Executive consist of a single person." To us this might sound obvious, but not so at the time. Americans had just won their independence from an autocratic monarch, and they...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2012.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | 324 pages ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |
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