The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It

by Corey Brettschneider

Book Overview

Imagine an American president who imprisoned critics, spread a culture of white supremacy, and tried to upend the law so that he could commit crimes with impunity.

In this propulsive and eminently readable history, constitutional law and political science professor Corey Brettschneider provides a thoroughly researched account of assaults on democracy by not one such president but five. John Adams waged war on the national press of the early...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324006277
• ISBN13: 9781324006275
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.1"