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[–] flashurnands 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Not a primary genre of mine but I recently became interested in this book:

The Imperial Presidency by Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger

The Imperial Presidency traces the growth of presidential power over two centuries, from George Washington to George W. Bush, examining how it has both served and harmed the Constitution...

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[–] genericDrugs [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Just ordered on Amazon :)

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[–] flashurnands 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Awesome! There are some real eye openers in there about how we've gotten to this point. The trend from wars being officially declared, as intended, to presidentially directed "peacing keeping operations" and such. The parts about foreign affairs and international agreements are also interesting when put into our current TPP perspective. Just keep in mind it's a history book and it can be pretty dry.