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Controlling the Presidency in a Bipartisan Era
A long study argues the modern presidency expanded since 1898 and risks domestic political power, citing Polk Johnson Nixon and FDR. It stresses checks by Congress as essential, noting founding principles and the need to balance foreign and domestic authority. Next week Neil Harris discusses American character.
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American Issues Forum
Walter LaFeber
Cornell University
University of California Extension
San Diego
National Endowment For the Humanities
Regents of
The
University of California
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Democratic Party
Watergate Apartments
Central Intelligence Agency
Nixon
United States
Johnson
Roosevelt
Kennedy
FBI
George III
Jefferson
Doris Kearns
James Madison
Congress
George Mason
Virginia
Convention
Vietnam
Polk
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
Mexico
Tonkin Gulf
American Southwest
Spain
Caribbean
Philippines
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Germany
Cambodia
Laos
Kent State University
White House
Plumbers
Harry Truman
Jesus