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Through a well-developed argument and an excellent qualitative research design, Dearborn shows that these institutional changes were shaped by prevailing ideas about presidential and congressional decision-making.\" * Congress \u0026amp; The Presidency *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Rethinking a Political Truism 1 Introduction: Legislating Presidential Power 2 Ideas and Political Development Part I Institutional Choice: Creating the Institutional Presidency, 1910–49[TN1]  3 Presidential Budgeting 4 Presidential Economic Policymaking 5 Presidential Reorganization Authority 6 Presidential National Security Authority Part II Institutional Durability: Reconsidering the Institutional Presidency, 1970–84 7 Congressional Pushback against Presidential Budgeting 8 Congressional Pushback against Presidential Economic Policymaking 9 Congressional Pushback against Presidential Reorganization Authority 10 Congressional Pushback against Presidential National Security Authority 11 Conclusion: Ideas and the Politics of Adaptability Acknowledgments Notes Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732921856343,"sku":"9780226797830","price":31.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226797830.jpg?v=1719998958"},{"product_id":"the-pensive-image-9780226829449","title":"The Pensive Image","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What does it mean to say a painting thinks? 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Though this book is full of beauty and pleasure, the adjective “pensive” is not, finally, the happiest to attach to the thinking subject—a person or work of art. In Grootenboer’s own words, the pensive image gives rise to an 'uneasy and indeterminate state of openness that allows for the unthought to surface.' As such, the pensive image extends an invitation to take a hard look at things.\" -- Amy Knight Powell * CAA Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"This deeply thoughtful and compact book, like a self-aware image, also stimulates in its own right, prompting a reader toward unpredictable, wide-ranging pathways during engagement with it. Every sentence, every reference, gives pause, leading to other thoughts or thinkers about art, including contemporary art.\" -- Larry Silver * Sixteenth Century Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\"Grootenboer opens up innumerable possible directions in which the reader’s mind could fruitfully err, juxtaposing different viewpoints and insights whose encounters incessantly ignite exciting intellectual sparks . . . one is then mesmerized by the exquisite profundity of some paintings, by the beauty of thinking crystallized into images and then 'melting' once again into a stream of contemplation, and by the lofty level of thinking attained through the collaboration, over centuries and continents, between a few brilliant artists and an attentive, insightful viewer who chose to work as an art historian, transforming visual thought into fine discursive language.\" -- Itay Sapir * Inquiries into Art, Art History, and the Visual *\u003cbr\u003e“Grootenboer’s book provides an accessible, clear, and innovating means of thinking about being by revealing a new philosophical subject: artworks.”\u003cbr\u003e   * Phenomenological Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e“Is there a kind of thinking that painting, or photography, can do, which ‘thinking in words’ cannot? 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A masterpiece.'\u003cbr\u003eColin Kidd, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Forging of Races\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eRace and Scripture in the Protestant Atlantic World, 1600–2000\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An important and compelling study.  The product of many years of research, this scholarly and well-written biography goes beyond a familiar English environment to expand  Namier's significance as a major figure in European and Jewish historiography.'   Michael Bentley, author of The Life and Thought of Herbert Butterfield: History, Science and God  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lewis Namier (1888-1960), has long held a legendary status among historians. When I was an undergraduate, my teachers told me he had revolutionised the study of our subject. DW Hayton’s startlingly honest biography, Conservative Revolutionary: The Lives of Lewis Namier (Manchester University Press), puts him in his contexts – a Polish-Jewish immigrant to the UK, a painstakingly exact scholar, a Freudian who thought that ideas played no part in history or in the motivation of individuals, a Zionist who disliked Israel, and a thoroughly unpleasant man. Hayton shows both why his work on 18th-century politics was hailed as revolutionary on its first appearance, and why it is no longer influential today. Masterly. '\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'That is a bald summary of a life brilliantly covered by Hayton, and with a great mastery not only of obvious sources but also of an astonishing range of obscure ones. The back cover has Adam Sisman claim the book as definitive, which is wrong as no historical work can be, but it is certainly excellent. Hayton’s conclusion makes it apparent that he came to like Namier, a difficult man; but not even Namier’s most devoted pupils and friends were blind to his faults and this is an even-handed biography. It is not the sort of cosy study recently produced for Hobsbawm. Instead, this is a psychologically grittier work and one that asks tougher questions of a man who struggled to provide a consistency to his life and work.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'Until now the standard version of Namier’s life was the biography by his widow, whose inclinations were mystical rather than historiographical. Hayton’s is triumphantly comprehensive, unobtrusively weaving high politics with historiography, the life of the mind (and its whimsies) with the body: Namier’s minor obsession with graphology, his years in psychoanalysis, the botched sinus operation of his adolescence, his writer’s cramp, his insomnia.'       \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Namier, an extraordinarily talented man, had an extraordinarily unhappy life … This book is especially good in revealing the central European and Zionist dimensions of Namier's work and knowledge, including his writings on nineteenth- and twentieth-century European history … a carefully researched biography'\u003cbr\u003eJ. C. D. Clark, \u003ci\u003eThe Critic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘deeply researched… a work of mature and exact scholarship’\u003cbr\u003eJim Smyth,\u003ci\u003e Dublin Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘D. W. Hayton’s biography – scrupulous, humane and leavened with dry wit – does its subject justice.’\u003cbr\u003eRichard Viven, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eBooks are often described as definitive when they are nothing of the sort. This magnificent biography truly deserves the accolade.'\u003cbr\u003eLord Lexden, \u003ci\u003eConservative History\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue: In search of Namier\u003cbr\u003e1 Avenues of history: the child and the man, 1888–1913\u003cbr\u003e2 Personalities and powers, 1913–1917\u003cbr\u003e3 Facing east, 1917–1920  \u003cbr\u003e4 In the margin of history,1920–1928\u003cbr\u003e5 Skyscrapers, 1928–32\u003cbr\u003e6 Europe in decay, 1932–8\u003cbr\u003e7 In the Nazi era, 1938–47\u003cbr\u003e8 Crossroads of power, 1947–56\u003cbr\u003e9 Conflicts, 1956–60\u003cbr\u003e10 Vanished supremacies: Namier in retrospect\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48736162644311,"sku":"9780719086038","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719086038.jpg?v=1723810541"},{"product_id":"andrew-jackson-miracle-of-no-9780735213241","title":"Andrew Jackson  Miracle Of No","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnother pop history page-turner from the New York Times bestselling authors of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates.","brand":"Prentice Hall Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48736438813015,"sku":"9780735213241","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780735213241.jpg?v=1723810638"},{"product_id":"venetian-rapier-9780982591123","title":"Venetian Rapier","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book takes you to the fencing School of celebrated renaissance rapier Master Nicoletto Giganti of Venice. This faithful translation of Giganti's \u003cem\u003eThe School\u003c\/em\u003e by internationally-known rapier teacher Tom Leoni includes the complete text, original illustrations and an introduction on rapier fencing that will make Giganti's text easy to follow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowlegements   Introduction       What we know about Giganti       What we know about Gaganti's 1606 Book       Giganti's Voice and Language, and a note on the Translation       Giganti and the Italian Tradition       What You need to Know to Tackle Gigante   The School, or Salle, by Nicoletto Giganti of Venice, 1606       The Guards and Counter-guards       Tempo and Measure       How to Deliver the Thrust       Why I Begin with Single Sword       Guards, or Postures       Explanation of the Strike in Tempo       The Correct Way to Gain the Opponent's Sword and Strike Him While He Performs a Cavazione       The Correct Way to Perform a Cavazione        The Contracavazione to the Inside        The Contracavazione to the Outside       Feints-Explanation The Feint of Cavazione From the Hand       How to Strike to the Chest With Single Sword-From the Measure and Parity of Swords       The Pass With Feint from Out of Measure       The Pass With Feint Above the Opponent's Point       The Feint to the Face from Out of Measure       The Correct Way to Deliver a Thrust While the Opponent Attacks You With a Cut       The Correct Way to Deliver a Sure Strike Using Both Hands       The Correct Way to Defend Against a Mandritto or a Riverso to the Leg       The Inquartata or Void       An Artful Way to Strike the Opponent in the Chest after Pressing Against Each other's Blades       How to Play Single Sword Against Single Sword, With Full-intent Thrusts       How to Parry Thrusts to the Chest With Single Sword       The Thrust to the Face, Turning the Hand       Counterattack with Cavazione from out of Measure       How to Use Single Sword Against Sword and Dagger       How to Parry a Thrust to the Face in Sword and Dagger       How to Correctly Parry a Thrust to the Left Flank       How to Correctly Parry a Thrust to the Right Flank in Sword and Dagger       How to Parry a Thrust to the Face in Sword and Dagger       How to Parry a Cut to the Head in Sword and Dagger       How to Parry a Riverso with the Dagger       Thrust to the Chest in Sword and Dagger       Delivering a Thrust While the Opponent Moves       Thrust Above the Dagger       A Deceitful Guard That Leaves the Left Side of the Body Open       A Deceitful Guard That Leaves the Right Side of the Body Open       A Deceitful Guard That Leaves the Chest Open       The Feint of Sword and Dagger, to Strike Above the Dagger       Feint of Sword and Dagger, to Strike in the Chest       Feint of Sword and Dagger, to Strike to the Face With a Cavazione Over the Dagger-point       How to Use the Sword to Parry a Lunging Thrust While Bringing Your Body Back       How to Parry with the Dagger with Your Body Back       Dagger-parry with the Body Back, with Simultaneous Sword-strike       Sword-parry and Strike to the Face       The Pass in Sword and Dagger, to Grapple the Opponent and Strike Him in the Face with the Dagger       The Thrust to the Right Shoulder in Sword and Dagger       The Pass in Sword and Dagger   Glossary","brand":"FreeLance Academy Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737938932055,"sku":"9780982591123","price":19.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780982591123.jpg?v=1723811614"},{"product_id":"dublins-great-wars-9781107029255","title":"Dublins Great Wars","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the first time, Richard S. Grayson tells the story of the Dubliners who served in the British military and in republican forces during the First World War and the Irish Revolution as a series of interconnected ''Great Wars''. He charts the full scope of Dubliners'' military service, far beyond the well-known Dublin ''Pals'', with as many as 35,000 serving and over 6,500 dead, from the Irish Sea to the Middle East and beyond. Linking two conflicts usually narrated as separate stories, he shows how Irish nationalist support for Britain going to war in 1914 can only be understood in the context of the political fight for Home Rule and why so many Dubliners were hostile to the Easter Rising. He examines Dublin loyalism and how the War of Independence and the Civil War would be shaped by the militarisation of Irish society and the earlier experiences of veterans of the British army.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Dublin's Great Wars exploits a wealth of sources to reconstruct the street-level impact of a decade of war and revolution which ultimately culminated in Irish independence. Ranging from Gallipoli to the General Post Office, Grayson skilfully illuminates the diversity of experiences and loyalties that characterised revolutionary Dublin's entangled military histories.' Fearghal McGarry, author of The Rising. Ireland: Easter 1916\u003cbr\u003e'Richard S. Grayson's masterly study shows that Dubliners' opposition to rule by the British ran deep – but so did support for the Crown. This is a penetrating and ambitious book that successfully reconnects the Irish Revolution with the First World War.' Gary Sheffield, author of A Short History of the First World War\u003cbr\u003e'This lively and detailed account of the military history of Dublin men and their families from 1912 to 1923 presents a convincing case for viewing the Great War and the military episodes in the Irish struggle for independence as a series of inter-connected 'Great Wars'.' Mary E. Daly, author of Sixties Ireland: Reshaping the Economy, State and Society, 1957–1973\u003cbr\u003e'This is an important and timely book, given its publication during the centenary of the Irish Revolution. Meticulously researched, in archives in Britain and Ireland, it neatly contextualises Dublin's experience of revolution within the experience of the greater World War of 1914–18,' Timothy Bowman, co-author of The British Army and the First World War\u003cbr\u003e'A powerful, multivocal account of a decade of violence in Ireland beginning in 1914…. This is a book of sensitive scholarship, one based on a deep knowledge of both the military history and the social history of the men who waged it … it is the best history we have of Dubliners at war, and, like James Joyce's 'The Dead', published in 1914, it treats them with the sympathy and compassion they deserve.' Jay Winter, H-Net\u003cbr\u003e'Written in a clear and lively style and resting upon very substantial research … an excellent and illuminating account of how conflict shaped Ireland's capital city during the Irish revolution and is bound to command the wide audience it deserves.' John Gibney, History Ireland\u003cbr\u003e'A very significant addition to our knowledge and understanding of the Irish revolution and should be read by everyone wishing to understand it more fully.' Padraig Yeates, Dublin Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e'His Easter Week chapters entwine the Royal Dublin Fusiliers' fighting at Hulluch in Belgium with the simultaneous uprising in Dublin.… Grayson's eye for detail lends these passages a cinematic flair, capturing the prayers of both Irish troops abroad and rebels back home as they prepared to go into their respective battles.' Matthew Kovac, LSE Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e'Dublin's Great Wars is a fascinating study of the history of Dubliners' wartime experiences during the First World War and the Irish Revolution … This book will appeal to those interested in the history of war and revolution in Ireland, the history of Irish involvement in the First World War and the history of Dublin.' David Durnin, Cercles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction; 1. Prelude: Dublin and conflict, 1899–1914; 2. Dublin goes to war; 3. Outbreak, 1914; 4. Stalemate, 1915; 5. 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