Presidential machismo
Subtitle: executive authority, military intervention, and foreign relations
By: Alexander DeConde.
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- History.; Executive power -- United States -- History.; Intervention (International law) -- History.; Presidents -- United States -- Psychology.; Machismo -- United States -- History.; United States -- Foreign relations.
Description: "This book offers a historical account of how presidents from George Washington to Bill Clinton have asserted their privilege as commander in chief, examining their penchant for using military might unilaterally and their reasons for doing so. It asks why a democracy allows presidents to exercise such immense power virtually as a personal right."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-378) and index.