{"product_id":"9781324110880-presidents-the-people","title":"The Presidents and the People","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFive Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It\u003cbr\u003eAmerican presidents have often pushed the boundaries established for them by the Constitution; this is the inspirational history of the people who pushed back\u003cbr\u003eImagine 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, Corey Brettschneider provides a thoroughly researched account of assaults on democracy by not one such president but five: John Adams, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Woodrow Wilson and Richard Nixon.Brettschneider shows that these presidents didn’t have the last word; citizen movements brought the United States back from the precipice by appealing to a democratic understanding of the Constitution and pressuring subsequent reform-minded presidents to realise the promise of “We the People”. This is a book about citizens—Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, Daniel Ellsberg and more—who fought back against presidential abuses of power and give hope about the possibilities of restoring democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56276611432822,"sku":"9781324110880","price":14.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36099156_e347be36-2093-4c73-aefc-bbe1423d1a6f.jpg?v=1758145094","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781324110880-presidents-the-people","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}