The Unprecedented American Presidency From Constitutional Foundation
This Palgrave Pivot presents a comprehensive introduction along with four essays on the institution of the American presidency, reflecting on broad implications for American political culture and practice. Each by an eminent scholar of the presidency, the
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The Unprecedented American Presidency
Thomas Sanders Editor
The Unprecedented American Presidency From Constitutional Foundation to Contemporary Practice
Editor Thomas Sanders History Department United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD, USA
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Preface
In 2016, I cooperated with Il’ya Urilov of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Terence Emmons, in arranging a conference in Moscow. The subject of the conference was “American Presidents and Russian Rulers.” Academician Urilov is preparing a joint English-Russian edition of all the papers presented. In reviewing the translations from English to Russian for accuracy, Dr. Emmons and I conceived of a spin-off project, involving separate publication of four of the essays, which, we deemed, offered a concise, scholarly explanation of how the United States has arrived at its current state of presidential politics. It seemed to us that a compact text such as this would attract a fair amount of attention and getting it into circulation would constitute a significant contribution to the public discourse regarding the establishment and evolution of the presidency, the separation of powers, and electoral politics. Thus, With Terry’s advice and encouragement, I took up that task. In addition to the four eminent scholars who have allowed the publication of their articles in this volume, I wish to thank Julian Zelizer of Princeton University for graciously agreeing
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