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Why presidents fail / Richard M. Pious.

Pious, Richard M., 1944- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780742562844 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780742562851 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0742562840 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0742562859 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xi, 317 p. ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2008.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-302) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction : presidential fiascoes -- Reputation : Eisenhower and the U-2 flights -- Power stakes : Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs -- Compellence : Johnson and the Vietnam escalation -- Command and control : Ford and the Mayaguez -- Rhetoric : Carter and the malaise speech -- Prerogative power : Reagan and the Iran-Contra affair -- Gamesmanship : Bush 41 and the budget summit -- Program innovation : Clinton and health care -- Parallel governance : Bush and Iraqi weapons of mass destruction -- Presidents unbound : crises of authority and legitimacy -- Risk and resilience : toward a White House learning curve.

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Subject: Presidents > United States > History > 20th century.
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United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009.

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