How to Get Rid of a President: History's Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives

A vivid political history of the schemes, plots, maneuvers, and conspiracies that have attempted -- successfully and...
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Author: David Priess
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How to Get Rid of a President: History's Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives by Priess, David

How to Get Rid of a President: History's Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives

$44.90

How to Get Rid of a President: History's Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives

$44.90
Author: David Priess
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A vivid political history of the schemes, plots, maneuvers, and conspiracies that have attempted -- successfully and not -- to remove unwanted presidents

To limit executive power, the founding fathers created fixed presidential terms of four years, giving voters regular opportunities to remove their leaders. Even so, Americans have often resorted to more dramatic paths to disempower the chief executive. The American presidency has seen it all, from rejecting a sitting president's renomination bid and undermining their authority in office to the more drastic methods of impeachment, and, most brutal of all, assassination.

How to Get Rid of a President showcases the political dark arts in action: a stew of election dramas, national tragedies, and presidential departures mixed with party intrigue, personal betrayal, and backroom shenanigans. This briskly paced, darkly humorous voyage proves that while the pomp and circumstance of presidential elections might draw more attention, the way that presidents are removed teaches us much more about our political order.

Author: David Priess
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 11/12/2019
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781541788220

About the Author
David Priess is author of the The President's Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America's Presidents. He has a PhD in Political Science from Duke University and served at the CIA during the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush as an intelligence officer, manager, and daily intelligence briefer and at the State Department. Priess writes, speaks, and appears often on broadcast media about the presidency and national security.

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