01226     2200253   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001500097041000800112082001100120084001700131100002200148245006100170260005000231300003500281504004400316520048300360650003100843990002500874990002400899990002400923990002500947INLIS00000000000417720221109013227  a0010-0520004177221109                |          | eng    a0195167090  aeng  a352.23  a352.23 CRO p0 aCronin, Thomas E.14aParadoxes of the American Presidency /cThomas E. Cronin  aNew York :bPrinceton University Press,c2004  avi, 410 p. :b: ill. ;c24 cm.  abibliographical references (p. 347-389)  aThis book is an effort to understand the Americans presidency by viewing it through the lens of a series of paradoxes that shape and the define the office. Our goal is to convey the complexity, the many-sidedness, and the contration aspects of the office. This book is an interpretation and synthesis. It is an interpretative treatment in that it offers a fresh look at this complicated institution and at the even more complicated series of leaders who have served as president 4aPresidents--United States.  a05262/MKRI-P/II-2008  a05137/MKRI-P/I-2008  a05137/MKRI-P/I-2008  a05262/MKRI-P/II-2008