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Impeachment

An American History

Impeachment( )
Author: Meacham, Jon
Naftali, Timothy
Baker, Peter
Engel, Jeffrey A.
ISBN:978-1-9848-5378-3
Publication Date:Oct 2018
Publisher:Random House Publishing Group
Imprint:Modern Library
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $26.00
Book Description:

Four experts on the American presidency examine the first three times impeachment has been invoked--against Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton--and explain what it means today. Impeachment is a double-edged sword. Though it was designed to check tyrants, Thomas Jefferson also called impeachment "the most formidable weapon for the purpose of a dominant faction that was ever contrived." On the one hand, it nullifies the will of voters, the basic...
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Book Details
Pages:304
Detailed Subjects: Political Science / History & Theory
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.22 x 7.79 x 1.11 Inches
Book Weight:0.762 Pounds
Author Biography
Meacham, Jon (Author)
Jon Meacham was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on May 20, 1969. He received a degree in English literature at the University of the South. He joined Newsweek as a writer in 1995. Three years later, at the age of 29, he was promoted to managing editor, supervising coverage of politics, international affairs, and breaking news. In 2006, he was promoted to editor at Newsweek. He is currently an executive editor at Random House.

He won the Pulitzer Prize for American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House in 2009. His other works include Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship, American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation. In 2001, he edited Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement. In 2013 his title Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power made The New York Times Best Seller List. In 2015 Meacham's title Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush made The New York Times Best Seller List. His most recent book is entitled The Soul of America: The Battle for our Better Angels (2018).

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