Presidential Term Limits in American History: Power, Principles, and Politics

by Michael J. Korzi

Book Overview

An innovative historical study of the longstanding debate over executive term limits in American politics . . . By successfully seeking a third term in 1940, Franklin D. Roosevelt shattered a tradition that was as old as the American republic. The longstanding yet controversial two-term tradition reflected serious tensions in American political values. In Presidential Term Limits in American History, Michael J. Korzi recounts the history of the two-term...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603449914
• ISBN13: 9781603449915
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"