na INLIS000000000004177 20241022120904 0010-0520004177 241022 | 0 eng 0195167090 eng 352.23 352.23 CRO p Cronin, Thomas E. Paradoxes of the American Presidency / Cronin, Thomas E. New York : Princeton University Press, 2004 vi, 410 p. : : ill. ; 24 cm. bibliographical references (p. 347-389) This 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 Presidents--United States. 05262/MKRI-P/II-2008 05137/MKRI-P/I-2008