Behind the Throne: Servants of Power to Imperial Presidents, 1898-1968

by Thomas J. McCormick

Book Overview

During the American rise to world power in the last hundred years, a new presidency has also arisen, a presidency that uses military, economic, political, and personal power that the constitutional founders of the 1780s would have thought highly improbable and dangerous. Behind the Throne argues that United States presidents have received foreign policy advice from a new breed of government servants whose first loyalties were to the chief...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299137406
• ISBN13: 9780299137403
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"