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Commander in Chief: How Truman, Johnson, and Bush Turned a Presidential Power

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Objectstaat
Goed: Een boek dat is gelezen, maar zich in goede staat bevindt. De kaft is zeer minimaal beschadigd ...
Publication Date
2007-02-06
Pages
436
ISBN
9780374102173
Book Title
Commander in Chief : How Truman, Johnson, and Bush Turned a Presidential Power into a Threat to America's Future
Item Length
9.3in
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Year
2007
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.5in
Author
Geoffrey Perret
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Law, History
Topic
Military / Korean War, Military / Vietnam War, Military / United States, Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), General, Presidents & Heads of State, International
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
27.3 Oz
Number of Pages
436 Pages

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An award-winning presidential biographer and military historian explains that in choosing to fight un-winnable wars in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq, Presidents Truman, Johnson, and George W. Bush collectively sought to establish a presidency so powerful that they have created a permanent threat to the Constitution.

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Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374102171
ISBN-13
9780374102173
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59000104

Product Key Features

Book Title
Commander in Chief : How Truman, Johnson, and Bush Turned a Presidential Power into a Threat to America's Future
Author
Geoffrey Perret
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / Korean War, Military / Vietnam War, Military / United States, Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), General, Presidents & Heads of State, International
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Law, History
Number of Pages
436 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.5in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
27.3 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
E745.P395 2007
Reviews
"A military historian examines how post-WWII presidents have drained American power by waging three unwinnable wars.Asked about the importance and consequences of the French Revolution, former Chinese Premier Chou En-lai responded, "It's too soon to tell." No such timidity from Perret (Lincoln's War, 2004, etc.), who looks at the last 60 years and concludes that Iraq will break American power, that war between nation states is virtually over, that within a decade, fears about global warming will dwarf the War on Terror, that India, China and the EU will challenge a failing America "to leave regional matters to the people who live there." We've reached this pass, Perret insists, because three American presidents, aided and abetted by fawning, half-bright advisors, a pliant Congress and a deceived public, have run away with their powers and recklessly inserted the nation into armed conflicts in Korea, Vietnam and Iraq. Furthermore, Perret argues, Truman, with his "little-guy" complex, perhaps complicated by mood-enhancing drugs, Johnson and his inferiority complex with regard to predecessor JFK, and G.W. Bush with his Daddy complex, appear to have used war, no matter the consequences to the nation, to work out their own pathologies. Surely it's too soon to tell whether America's last three difficult wars will produce the remarkable turning point Perret sees, and certainly "Presidents Gone Wild" is too glib an explanation for our involvement. But while it's easy to reject the author's judgment, it's impossible to resist his storytelling. He writes in the in-the-room brand of history, full of anecdotes, trivia and acidic portraits of presidential courtiers. Indeed, the chief delight here is the serial takedown of such sacred Washington cows as Clark Clifford ("a little too smooth, a little too pleased with himself") and Paul Wolfowitz ("a graying vulgarian").A fast-moving, sharply told history that arrives at controversial conclusions." --Kirkus Reviews
Copyright Date
2007
Lccn
2006-009749
Dewey Decimal
355.020973/09045
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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