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Takeover : the return of the imperial presidency and the subversion of American democracy / Charlie Savage.

by Savage, Charlie.

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New York : Little, Brown, 2007.

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- -- Political and social views.

Cheney, Richard B. -- Political and social views.

Executive power -- United States.

Official secrets -- United States.

Right-wing extremists -- United States.

Fanaticism -- United States.

Presidents -- United States -- Biography.

Vice-presidents -- United States -- Biography.

United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007013077.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2007013077-d.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0742/2007013077-b.html

vii, 400 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Inside the bunker -- The fall of the imperial presidency and the rise of Dick Cheney : 1789-1976 -- "A cabal of zealots" : 1977-2000 -- The agenda -- "Behind closed doors" : secrecy I -- The unleashing : laws and treaties I -- "A hollow shell" : secrecy II -- The perseverance and the purge : laws and treaties II -- The torture ban -- Power of the pen : signing statements -- "To say what the law is" : the Supreme Court -- Discipline and control : the Executive Branch -- The politics of presidential power.

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