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

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Good. Water damage to one corner of book pages. Covers are not marked but inside of dust cover has blue bleeding from boards. Slightest discoloration to outside of dust cover. Otherwise this book is like new.

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In this study of presidential power, Geoffrey Perret examines three "unwinnable" wars--Korea, Vietnam, Iraq--waged by three presidents--Truman, Johnson, Bush--that, in his view, were waged for the wrong reasons, and which, ultimately, ended badly for the American cause. Perret finds a list of commonalities among the three issues, including presidents who overreach and mismanage the war effort, and who circumvent the checks and balances of Congressional oversight. Perret's somewhat vitriolic argument can be filed under: Those who do not heed the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.