01154     2200229   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001500097041000800112082001100120084001700131100002200148245006200170260005000232300003500282504004400317520048300361650003100844990002500875990002400900INLIS00000000000417720241022120904  a0010-0520004177241022                |          0 eng    a0195167090  aeng  a352.23  a352.23 CRO p0 aCronin, Thomas E.14aParadoxes of the American Presidency /cCronin, Thomas E.  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