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(0)Timothy J. Naftali
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Language
English
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Description
"Impeachment is rare, and for good reason. Designed to check tyrants or defend the nation from a commander-in-chief who refuses to do so, the process of impeachment outlined in the Constitution is what Thomas Jefferson called 'the most formidable weapon for the purpose of a dominant faction that was ever contrived.' It nullifies the will of voters, the basic foundation of legitimacy for all representative democracies. Only three times has a president's...
Author
Series
American presidents series) volume 41
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xviii, 202 pages : portrait ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
George Bush was a throwback to a different era. A patrician figure not known for eloquence, Bush dismissed ideology as "the vision thing." Yet, as biographer Naftali argues, no one was better prepared for the challenges facing the United States as the Cold War ended. Bush wisely encouraged the liberalization of the Soviet system and skillfully orchestrated the reunification of Germany. Following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, he united the global...