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Commander in Chief: How Truman, Johnson, and Bush Turned a Presidential Power into a Threat to America's Futureby Perret, Geoffrey
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Book DescriptionFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007-02-06. Hardcover. New. GREAT Bargain Book Deal - some may have small remainder mark - Ships out by NEXT Business Day - 100% Satisfaction Guarantee! Book summaryIn 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.Media Reviews"Perret's COMMANDER IN CHIEF offers an angry but highly readable account of how Lyndon Johnson in Vietnam and George W. Bush in Iraq repeated the blunders committed by Harry Truman in Korea." -- Andrew Bacevich Publisher NotesAn award-winning presidential biographer and military historian looks at the legacy of the presidential adminstrations of Truman, Johnson, and Bush that undermined the checks and balances of the Constitution, ignored the advice of the professional military and allies, and were influenced by secret facts to undertake three unwinnable wars in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. SynopsesThis is a story of ever-expanding presidential powers in an age of unwinnable wars. Harry Truman and Korea, Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam, George W. Bush and Iraq: three presidents, three ever broader interpretations of the commander-in-chief clause of the Constitution, three unwinnable wars, and three presidential secrets. Presidential biographer and military historian Perret places these men and events in the larger context of the post-World War II world to establish their collective legacy: a presidency so powerful it undermines the checks and balances built into the Constitution, thereby creating a permanent threat to the Constitution itself. Since World War II wars have become tests of stamina rather than strength, and more likely than not they sow the seeds of future wars--yet recent American presidents have chosen to place their country in the forefront of fighting them.--From publisher description. Other Recommended Books
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