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"Imperial presidency" as a book category covers works—both nonfiction and fiction—that examine the expansion, concentration, or abuse of executive power in modern states, especially in the United States. Nonfiction entries typically include historical surveys, legal and constitutional analyses, investigative journalism, and biographies that trace how presidents accumulate authority through emergency powers, military action, secrecy, surveillance, and weakened checks and balances. Fictional treatments range from political thrillers and courtroom dramas to dystopian or speculative novels that dramatize the dangers of unchecked executive control. Common themes are accountability, democratic erosion, constitutional conflict, civil liberties, and the tension between security and liberty; the tone is often critical, cautionary, or analytical. This category appeals to readers interested in politics, law, history, and contemporary debates about governance and institutional resilience.

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