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： Presidents and civil liberties from Wilson to Obama :
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| ISBN： | 9781107016606 (hbk.) |
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| ISBN： | 1107016606 (hbk.) |
| 编目源： | DLC DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP BWX DLC |
| 地理区域代码： | n-us--- |
| 个人名称： | Walker, Samuel,1942- |
| 题名： | Presidents and civil liberties from Wilson to Obama : a story of poor custodians / Samuel Walker. |
| 索书号： | D771.22/W186E |
| 出版发行项： | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. |
| 载体形态： | xxi, 546 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| 书目附注： | Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-520) and index. |
| 格式化内容附注： | Introduction: presidents and civil liberties -- Part I. The Early Years -- Woodrow Wilson and the suppression of civil liberties in World War I -- Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover : civil liberties in the wilderness -- Franklin D. Roosevelt : the mixed legacy of a strong president -- Part II. Civil Liberties in the Cold War and Civil Rights Eras -- Harry Truman : courage and contradictions -- Dwight D. Eisenhower : a failure of presidential leadership -- John F. Kennedy : the failed promise of the new frontier -- The glory and the tragedy of Lyndon Johnson -- Richard Nixon : a singular abuse of presidential power -- Part III. The Post-Watergate Era -- Gerald Ford : a minor president in very interesting times -- Jimmy Carter : failed president, good civil libertarian -- Ronald Reagan : and George H. W. Bush : the neoconservative assault on civil liberties --Bill Clinton : the divided soul of a "new democrat" -- Part IV. Civil Liberties in the Age of Terrorism -- George W. Bush : a systematic assault on the constitution over to "The Dark Side" -- Conclusion : reflections on presidents, civil liberties, and democracy : with observations on Barack Obama. |