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Rob Wellington Quigley: Buildings and Projects
Published in Paperback by Rizzoli (May, 1996)
Authors: Rob Wellington Quigley, Michael Benedikt, Aaron Betsky, Ann Jarmusch, Magali Sarfatti Larson, and Michael Les Benedict
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A must for those who love architecture!
This recent publication of Quigley's works quickly demonstrates his passion and commitment to achieving a balanced "fit" between progressive, modern architecture and the context that surrounds it. Featuring photographs, drawings, and insightful essays and comments from Quigley and others familiar with the San Diego setting. A must read for architecture students and practicioners interested in the importance of the context of any architectural work. NOT the typical trade monograph...this book is readable, educational, and down to earth. The editor/writer does a good job of focusing on the work, not individual criticisims. Learn about this important architect of our times!!


The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson
Published in Paperback by W.W. Norton & Company (May, 1973)
Author: Michael Les Benedict
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An apologia for the impeachers
Professor Les Benedict lays out the case for President Johnson's impeachment in this 1972 monograph. The narrative is highly sympathetic to the radical-Republican impeachers, and unsympathetic to Johnson: Les Benedict embraces an emerging theme among historians who "now speak in terms of well-meaning efforts of conscientious Republicans to establish national security on the basis of equality before the law" in the highly volatile post-Civil War era, and he complains that "[o]nly one event has resisted this historical reversal--the impeachment and trial of President Andrew Johnson." The book paints the congressional Republicans as conscientious and rational politicians interested in restoring the Southern economic base (and securing their own political ascendancy) after the War, and Johnson as a power-hungry executive who thwarts the congressional policy using his military authority and other constitutional powers--all to the point where the restrained and long-suffering congressional majority is left with no choice but impeachment (the chapter leading up to the impeachment is titled "Johnson Forces the Issue"). The book paints the politics with a very broad brush, and unfortunately gives short shrift to Johnson's motives, even though Johnson himself is portrayed as a capable and determined politician and not as the out-of-touch bumbler that some histories have made him out to be. But the book tells an engaging story from the congressional viewpoint, and offers a detailed and balanced view of the legal issues on which the trial ultimately hinged.

Makes Lewinsky Battle Seem Tame
Now Andrew Johnson may not have been hiding with an intern in the oval office, but this book has a lot more to offer. Drama in the House, drama in the Senate, verbal fights, threats, it sure beats the heck out of blue dresses and cigars. I don't think people have any idea how close Johnson was to being kicked out of office, let alone for what reason. Benedict does a remarkable job chronicling the times surrounding the day. Going in I found the battle to purely partisan, but after reading I agree with Benedict, the impeachment was justified.


American Political History: Essays on the State of the Discipline
Published in Hardcover by Univ of Notre Dame Pr (February, 1997)
Authors: John F. Marszalek, Wilson D. Miscamble, and Michael Les Benedict
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A Compromise of Principle: Congressional Republicans and Reconstruction, 1863-1869
Published in Textbook Binding by Olympic Marketing Corporation (June, 1975)
Author: Michael Les Benedict
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Cyberspace: Essays from Mit Press
Published in Audio Cassette by Audio Scholar (September, 1995)
Authors: Mit Press, Grover Gardner, Cynthia Splatt, and Michael Les Benedict
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Cyberspace: First Steps
Published in Hardcover by MIT Press (November, 1991)
Authors: Michael Benedikt and Michael Les Benedict
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The Fruits of Victory
Published in Paperback by University Press of America (12 August, 1986)
Author: Michael Les Benedict
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Sources in American Constitutional History
Published in Paperback by D C Heath & Co (December, 1996)
Authors: Michael Les Benedict and Michael Les Benedict
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