arthur schlesinger
- n United States historian and advisor to President Kennedy (born in 1917)
- n United States historian (1888-1965)
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- Obama, Syria, and the decline of the imperial presidency
By Zachary Karabell (Reuters) - In 1973, Arthur Schlesinger wrote about the tendency in American history for the president to assume sweeping powers in times of war and crisis. The balance of power established by the Constitution gets upended; Congress and the courts take a back seat; and the executive makes decisions about life and death largely unchecked. He called this "the imperial ...
Sept. 5, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News