Decline And Fall Of The American Republic
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The Decline And Fall Of The American Republic
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Author : Bruce Ackerman
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2013-09-02
The Decline And Fall Of The American Republic written by Bruce Ackerman and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-02 with History categories.
Bruce Ackerman shows how the institutional dynamics of the last half-century have transformed the American presidency into a potential platform for political extremism and lawlessness. Watergate, Iran-Contra, and the War on Terror are only symptoms of deeper pathologies. Ackerman points to a series of developments that have previously been treated independently of one another—from the rise of presidential primaries, to the role of pollsters and media gurus, to the centralization of power in White House czars, to the politicization of the military, to the manipulation of constitutional doctrine to justify presidential power-grabs. He shows how these different transformations can interact to generate profound constitutional crises in the twenty-first century—and then proposes a series of reforms that will minimize, if not eliminate, the risks going forward. The book aims to begin a new constitutional debate. Americans should not suppose that Barack Obama’s centrism and constitutionalism will typify the presidencies of the twenty-first century. We should seize the present opportunity to confront deeper institutional pathologies before it is too late.
Decline And Fall Of The American Republic
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Author : Durwood White
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2013-09-26
Decline And Fall Of The American Republic written by Durwood White and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-26 with Religion categories.
The parallels existing between the ancient fall of the Roman Empire and America of the 21st Century are astounding. History is warning America that she cannot sustain this unlimited spending. The people have lost control of their representatives, but their constituents vote for them again because of government hand outs. Higher taxes keep rising with a phenomenal debt of 17 trillion dollars. Our society is plagued with immorality and disregard for the sanctity of life. The average family has to work 4 to 5 months just pay its taxes. No longer is the military the biggest spender in Washington; it's the growing cancer called entitlements. The best generation of recent years fought for our freedom against Nazi takeover of Europe and England. These baby boomers expect to receive payment for a lifetime payment into a system that is broke; there is no Trust Fund. The buck has to stop somewhere and it lies on the doorstep of the American taxpayer; Excuse me: isn't that you?
The Decline And Fall Of The American Republic
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Author : Bruce A. Ackerman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
The Decline And Fall Of The American Republic written by Bruce A. Ackerman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Presidents categories.
America S Caesar
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Author : Greg Loren Durand
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-03
America S Caesar written by Greg Loren Durand and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03 with categories.
This is Volume 2 of a two volume set. Please order both volumes for a complete set. America is no longer the land of the free. In Senate Report 93-549, the United States Congress admitted that, since at least 9 March 1933, the American people have lived under a state of national emergency. Instead of a federal Government of delegated and limited powers, what now operates from Washington, D.C. is a centralized military despotism which claims ultimate sovereignty over its citizens and rules them by statute in all cases whatsoever. Beginning with the usurpations of Abraham Lincoln, this book explains how the so-called emergency powers of the President of the United States developed over a period of seven decades and finally culminated in the virtual supplanting of the Constitution by Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal democracy. The author draws heavily from a wealth of rare political literature from the past two centuries, as well as long-forgotten Government documents to paint an unsettling picture of American history and to show why nothing ever seems to change in Washington, no matter which political party is currently in power.
Mortal Republic
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Author : Edward J. Watts
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-11-06
Mortal Republic written by Edward J. Watts and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-06 with History categories.
Learn why the Roman Republic collapsed -- and how it could have continued to thrive -- with this insightful history from an award-winning author. In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. For centuries, even as Rome grew into the Mediterranean's premier military and political power, its governing institutions, parliamentary rules, and political customs successfully fostered negotiation and compromise. By the 130s BC, however, Rome's leaders increasingly used these same tools to cynically pursue individual gain and obstruct their opponents. As the center decayed and dysfunction grew, arguments between politicians gave way to political violence in the streets. The stage was set for destructive civil wars -- and ultimately the imperial reign of Augustus. The death of Rome's Republic was not inevitable. In Mortal Republic, Watts shows it died because it was allowed to, from thousands of small wounds inflicted by Romans who assumed that it would last forever.
The Decline Of The American Republic
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Author : John T. Flynn
language : en
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Release Date : 1955
The Decline Of The American Republic written by John T. Flynn and has been published by Ludwig von Mises Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with United States categories.
The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire
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Author : Gore Vidal
language : en
Publisher: Odonian Press
Release Date : 1992
The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire written by Gore Vidal and has been published by Odonian Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
Six essays on the theme of empire and republic, with particular focus on the national security state and the failure of the U.S. economic system./P>
The Decline And Fall Of The Lettered City
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Author : Jean FRANCO
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
The Decline And Fall Of The Lettered City written by Jean FRANCO and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
The cultural Cold War in Latin America was waged as a war of values--artistic freedom versus communitarianism, Western values versus national cultures, the autonomy of art versus a commitment to liberation struggles--and at a time when the prestige of literature had never been higher. The projects of the historic avant-garde were revitalized by an anti-capitalist ethos and envisaged as the opposite of the republican state. The Decline and Fall of the Lettered City charts the conflicting universals of this period, the clash between avant-garde and political vanguard. This was also a twilight of literature at the threshold of the great cultural revolution of the seventies and eighties, a revolution to which the Cold War indirectly contributed. In the eighties, civil war and military rule, together with the rapid development of mass culture and communication empires, changed the political and cultural map. A long-awaited work by an eminent Latin Americanist widely read throughout the world, this book will prove indispensable to anyone hoping to understand Latin American literature and society. Jean Franco guides the reader across minefields of cultural debate and histories of highly polarized struggle. Focusing on literary texts by Garcia Marquez, Vargas Llosa, Roa Bastos, and Juan Carlos Onetti, conducting us through this contested history with the authority of an eyewitness, Franco gives us an engaging overview as involving as it is moving.
The Decline And Fall Of The American Republic
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Author : Bruce Ackerman
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2013-09-02
The Decline And Fall Of The American Republic written by Bruce Ackerman and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-02 with History categories.
Constitutional thought is currently dominated by heroic tales of the Founding Fathers — who built an Enlightenment machine that can tick-tock its way into the twenty-first century, with a little fine-tuning by the Supreme Court. However, according to Bruce Ackerman, the modern presidency is far more dangerous today than it was when Arthur Schlesinger published the Imperial Presidency in 1973. In this book, he explores how the interaction of changes in the party system, mass communications, the bureaucracy, and the military have made the modern presidency too powerful and a threat to liberal constitutionalism and democracy. Ackerman argues that the principles of constitutional legitimacy have been undermined by both political and legal factors. On the political level, by “government by emergency” and “government by public-opinion poll”; on the legal, by two rising institutions: The Office of Legal Counsel in the Department of Justice and the Office of the Presidential Counsel in the White House. Both institutions came out of the New Deal, but have gained prominence only in the last generation. Lastly, Ackerman kicks off a reform debate that aims to adapt the Founding ideal of checks-and-balances to twenty-first century realities. His aim is not to propose definitive solutions but to provoke a national debate on American democracy in its time of trouble.
The Decline Of The American Republic And How To Rebuild It
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Author : John T. Flynn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955
The Decline Of The American Republic And How To Rebuild It written by John T. Flynn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with United States categories.