War and the American Presidency

Name: War and the American Presidency
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ISBN: 9780393327694

ISBN-10: 0393327698

ISBN-13: 9780393327694

Edition: 2005

Authors: Arthur Meier Schlesinger

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In A Book that brings a magisterial command of history to the most urgent of contemporary questions, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., explores the war in Iraq, the presidency, and the future of democracy. Describing unilateralism as "the oldest doctrine in American history," Schlesinger nevertheless warns of the dangers posed by the fatal turn in U.S. policy from deterrence and containment to preventive war. He writes powerfully about George W. Bush's expansion of presidential power, reminding us nevertheless of our country's distinguished legacy of patriotism through dissent in wartime. And in a new chapter written especially for the paperback edition,…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/17/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 206
Size: 0.55" wide x 0.83" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English




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