Bibliograph

War and the American presidency, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

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War and the American presidency, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

War and the American presidency

Oclc number

55085858

Responsibility statement

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

Summary

Explores the war in Iraq, the presidency of George W. Bush, and the future of democracy, warning about the dangers of America's policy shift from containment to preventive war, and urging for continued patriotism in the face of dissent

Table Of Contents

Unilateralism: the oldest doctrine in American foreign policy -- Eyeless in Iraq: the Bush doctrine and its consequences -- The imperial presidency redux -- Patriotism and dissent in wartime -- How to democratize American democracy -- Has democracy a future? -- The inscrutability of history

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