The American Vice Presidency
From Irrelevance to Power
The American Vice Presidency is an all-inclusive examination of the vice presidency throughout American history. Acclaimed political journalist and author Jules Witcover chronicles each of the 47 vice presidents, including their personal biographies and their achievements--or lack thereof--during their vice presidential tenures. He explores how the roles and responsibilities were first subject to the whims of the presidents under whom they served, but came in time to be expanded by enlightened chief executives and the initiatives of the vice presidents themselves. Constitutionally assigned only to preside over the Senate as they stan…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-58834-472-4
- EAN: 9781588344724
- Produktnummer: 16256816
- Verlag: Smithsonian
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 560 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'868 KB
- Abbildungen: 48 B&W PHOTOS
Über den Autor
JULES WITCOVER is a syndicated political columnist who has worked for the Baltimore Sun, Washington Post and Star and the Los Angeles Times. He is author of fourteen books on American politics and history and co-author of five others. They include biographies of vice presidents Spiro Agnew and Joe Biden, a history of the Democratic Party, and accounts of five presidential campaigns.
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