The American Presidency - Tapa blanda

-A lucid, reasonable, and humane study-a classic in a field which boasts few classics, and one of that line of extraordinary analyses of our political life (I think at once of Bryce, de Tocqueville, a AndrE Siegfried) contributed by Europeans.- -Clifton Fadiman, New Yorker -A scholarly analysis and interpretation of the supreme political office in the United States by an Englishman privileged to observe its working from near at hand and with the benefit of criticism of American friends. A penetrating study and a keen estimate of the presidency, indicating the traditions, conventions, and laws in their relationship to the cabinet and the Congress, and particularly to the people themselves.- -Library Journal -It is one of the best books ever written about the institutions of another country by a foreign observer. It combines to a very unusual degree detached observations with inside knowledge. Mr. Laski's knowledge of the literature of American thought and institutions is profound. His grasp of the working of the presidency is only possible to one who knows the inside of the White House and has been the close friend of several of the most famous members of the Supreme Court.- -Kingsley Martin, New Statesman & Nation -Professor Laski has carried through his purpose with admirable knowledge and insight and with the incisive brilliance of expression for which he is so justly famous. Despite his long association and great familiarity with the United States and with American political life, Professor Laski is ever aware that he views with English eyes an office which is the particular product of American forces, shaped by American history, and peculiarly responsive to American needs.- -J.P. Clark, Survey Graphic "A lucid, reasonable, and humane study-a classic in a field which boasts few classics, and one of that line of extraordinary analyses of our political life (I think at once of Bryce, de Tocqueville, a AndrE Siegfried) contributed by Europeans." -Clifton Fadiman, New Yorker "A scholarly analysis and interpretation of the supreme political office in the United States by an Englishman privileged to observe its working from near at hand and with the benefit of criticism of American friends. A penetrating study and a keen estimate of the presidency, indicating the traditions, conventions, and laws in their relationship to the cabinet and the Congress, and particularly to the people themselves." -Library Journal "It is one of the best books ever written about the institutions of another country by a foreign observer. It combines to a very unusual degree detached observations with inside knowledge. Mr. Laski's knowledge of the literature of American thought and institutions is profound. His grasp of the working of the presidency is only possible to one who knows the inside of the White House and has been the close friend of several of the most famous members of the Supreme Court." -Kingsley Martin, New Statesman & Nation "Professor Laski has carried through his purpose with admirable knowledge and insight and with the incisive brilliance of expression for which he is so justly famous. Despite his long association and great familiarity with the United States and with American political life, Professor Laski is ever aware that he views with English eyes an office which is the particular product of American forces, shaped by American history, and peculiarly responsive to American needs." -J.P. Clark, Survey Graphic "A lucid, reasonable, and humane study-a classic in a field which boasts few classics, and one of that line of extraordinary analyses of our political life (I think at once of Bryce, de Tocqueville, a AndrE Siegfried) contributed by Europeans." -Clifton Fadiman, New Yorker "A scholarly analysis and interpretation of the supreme political office in the United States by an Englishman privileged to observe its working from near at hand and with the benefit of criticism of American friends. A penetrating study and a keen estimate of the presidency, indicating the traditions, conventions, and laws in their relationship to the cabinet and the Congress, and particularly to the people themselves." -Library Journal "It is one of the best books ever written about the institutions of another country by a foreign observer. It combines to a very unusual degree detached observations with inside knowledge. Mr. Laski's knowledge of the literature of American thought and institutions is profound. His grasp of the working of the presidency is only possible to one who knows the inside of the White House and has been the close friend of several of the most famous members of the Supreme Court." -Kingsley Martin, New Statesman & Nation "Professor Laski has carried through his purpose with admirable knowledge and insight and with the incisive brilliance of expression for which he is so justly famous. Despite his long association and great familiarity with the United States and with American political life, Professor Laski is ever aware that he views with English eyes an office which is the particular product of American forces, shaped by American history, and peculiarly responsive to American needs." -J.P. Clark, Survey Graphic "A lucid, reasonable, and humane study-a classic in a field which boasts few classics, and one of that line of extraordinary analyses of our political life (I think at once of Bryce, de Tocqueville, a Andre Siegfried) contributed by Europeans." -Clifton Fadiman, New Yorker "A scholarly analysis and interpretation of the supreme political office in the United States by an Englishman privileged to observe its working from near at hand and with the benefit of criticism of American friends. A penetrating study and a keen estimate of the presidency, indicating the traditions, conventions, and laws in their relationship to the cabinet and the Congress, and particularly to the people themselves." -Library Journal "It is one of the best books ever written about the institutions of another country by a foreign observer. It combines to a very unusual degree detached observations with inside knowledge. Mr. Laski's knowledge of the literature of American thought and institutions is profound. His grasp of the working of the presidency is only possible to one who knows the inside of the White House and has been the close friend of several of the most famous members of the Supreme Court." -Kingsley Martin, New Statesman & Nation "Professor Laski has carried through his purpose with admirable knowledge and insight and with the incisive brilliance of expression for which he is so justly famous. Despite his long association and great familiarity with the United States and with American political life, Professor Laski is ever aware that he views with English eyes an office which is the particular product of American forces, shaped by American history, and peculiarly responsive to American needs." -J.P. Clark, Survey Graphic