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The Bricker Amendment Controversy: A Test of Eisenhower's Political Leadership
by Duane Tananbaum
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0801420377
- ISBN 13
- 9780801420375
- Seller
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About This Item
Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 1988 Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. 1988. Hardcover. Stated First Published 1988. Book is tight, square, but does have underlining and marginal notes throughout from noted Eisenhower scholar Dr. David Nichols; from his private library. Book Condition: bumped head, tail, and lower tips; light shelfwear. DJ: Very Good; wear to head, tail, and tips with small missing pieces; small missing piece at top of rear panel. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering in a blue shadowbox on the spine. Blue endpapers. Internal hinges are sound and not split. 263 pp 8vo. The Bricker amendment fight was one of the major constitutional struggles over the control of US Foreign policy in this century. The author places the controversy in the larger framework of the 20th Century so that his analysis of the Eisenhower presidency and the controversy itself helps one understand the more recent fights over the War Powers Act and the Iran-Contra fiasco. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013580
- Title
- The Bricker Amendment Controversy: A Test of Eisenhower's Political Leadership
- Author
- Duane Tananbaum
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0801420377
- ISBN 13
- 9780801420375
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, NY
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- conservative politics, War Powers Act, Eisenhower Presidency, Cold War, U.S. Foreign Policy, United Nations, Tenth Amendment, Bricker Amendment, Hidden-Hand leadership, Vietnam, Formosa, Middle East, Genocide Convention, American politics, liberal politic
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- Biographies; Legal matters/Lawyers/Judges/Attorneys;
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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