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Presidential term limits in American history : power, principles, and politics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Korzi, Michael J., 1969-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Joseph V. Hughes, Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership.
Subjects:
Executive power > United States > History.
Presidents > Term of office > United States > History.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945.
United States. > Constitution. > 22nd Amendment.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Executive tenure in early America
  • "Sound precedent": the development of the two-term tradition
  • The tradition falls: Roosevelt's third term
  • The troubling case of FDR's fourth term
  • Tradition resurgent: the Twenty-second Amendment
  • Ambition, democracy, and constitutional balance.