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Carregando... More Merry-Go-Roundde Robert S. Allen, Drew Pearson
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. A sequel to the authors' "Washington Merry-Go-Round" of the previous year, 1931; this book continues to cover Congress and the Presidency (caustically), but also has quite a lot to say about the Supreme Court, the Army, and the Navy, as well as the crime scene in Washington. The chapter on the Supreme Court (which examines each of the then-members, in turn) is quite interesting, as the authors wax indignant about the Court interfering with the legislative process, and preventing experimentation by legislatures. They give a fairly good overview of the development, up through the early 1930s, of the commerce clause. The section on the Army is rather interesting, in particular because Gen. Douglas MacArthur features fairly prominently, as he was Chief of Staff of the Army at the time (and also responsible for clearing the BEF out of Anacostia). For the most part, the authors are hardest on the GOP, though the Democrats (generally the more conservative ones) come in for a few shots. Fiorello LaGuardia generally comes off fairly well in this book (and in the previous book); LaGuardia, at this time, was some months away from being elected Mayor of New York. Definitely a book for history and political junkies. ( ) sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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