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Condition: Good: An item in used but good condition. May have minor damage to jewel case including scuffs or ... Good: An item in used but good condition. May have minor damage to jewel case including scuffs or cracks, or to the item cover including scuffs, scratches, or cracks. The cover art and liner notes are included for a CD. VHS or DVD box is included. Video game instructions are included. No skipping on CD/DVD. No fuzzy/snowy frames on VHS tape. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Intended Audience: Adult

Inscribed: NO

ISBN: 9780374102173

Book Title: Commander in Chief : How Truman, Johnson, and Bush Turned a Presidential Power into a Threat to America's Future

Item Length: 9.3in

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Publication Year: 2007

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Item Height: 1.5in

Author: Geoffrey Perret

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Law, History

Topic: Military / Korean War, Military / Vietnam War, Military / United States, Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), General, Presidents & Heads of State, International

Item Width: 6.4in

Item Weight: 27.3 Oz

Number of Pages: 436 Pages

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An award-winning presidential biographer and military historian explains that in choosing to fight un-winnable wars in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq, Presidents Truman, Johnson, and George W. Bush collectively sought to establish a presidency so powerful that they have created a permanent threat to the Constitution.

Product Identifiers

Publisher

Farrar, Straus & Giroux

ISBN-10

0374102171

ISBN-13

9780374102173

eBay Product ID (ePID)

59000104

Product Key Features

Book Title

Commander in Chief : How Truman, Johnson, and Bush Turned a Presidential Power into a Threat to America's Future

Author

Geoffrey Perret

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Topic

Military / Korean War, Military / Vietnam War, Military / United States, Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), General, Presidents & Heads of State, International

Publication Year

2007

Genre

Biography & Autobiography, Law, History

Number of Pages

436 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length

9.3in

Item Height

1.5in

Item Width

6.4in

Item Weight

27.3 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number

E745.P395 2007

Reviews

"A military historian examines how post-WWII presidents have drained American power by waging three unwinnable wars.Asked about the importance and consequences of the French Revolution, former Chinese Premier Chou En-lai responded, "It's too soon to tell." No such timidity from Perret (Lincoln's War, 2004, etc.), who looks at the last 60 years and concludes that Iraq will break American power, that war between nation states is virtually over, that within a decade, fears about global warming will dwarf the War on Terror, that India, China and the EU will challenge a failing America "to leave regional matters to the people who live there." We've reached this pass, Perret insists, because three American presidents, aided and abetted by fawning, half-bright advisors, a pliant Congress and a deceived public, have run away with their powers and recklessly inserted the nation into armed conflicts in Korea, Vietnam and Iraq. Furthermore, Perret argues, Truman, with his "little-guy" complex, perhaps complicated by mood-enhancing drugs, Johnson and his inferiority complex with regard to predecessor JFK, and G.W. Bush with his Daddy complex, appear to have used war, no matter the consequences to the nation, to work out their own pathologies. Surely it's too soon to tell whether America's last three difficult wars will produce the remarkable turning point Perret sees, and certainly "Presidents Gone Wild" is too glib an explanation for our involvement. But while it's easy to reject the author's judgment, it's impossible to resist his storytelling. He writes in the in-the-room brand of history, full of anecdotes, trivia and acidic portraits of presidential courtiers. Indeed, the chief delight here is the serial takedown of such sacred Washington cows as Clark Clifford ("a little too smooth, a little too pleased with himself") and Paul Wolfowitz ("a graying vulgarian").A fast-moving, sharply told history that arrives at controversial conclusions." --Kirkus Reviews

2007

Lccn

2006-009749

Dewey Decimal

355.020973/09045

Intended Audience

Trade

Dewey Edition

Illustrated

Yes

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