Trade paperback edition in very good condition.
In a book that brings a magisterial command of history to the most urgent of contempory 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, he examines the historical role of religion in American politics as a background for an assessment of Bush’s faith-based presidency.
Read Alikes for War and the American Presidency: Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin; The Hardest Job in the World by John Dickerson; A Country of Vast Designs by Robert W. Merry
Trade paperback edition in very good condition.
In a book that brings a magisterial command of history to the most urgent of contempory 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, he examines the historical role of religion in American politics as a background for an assessment of Bush’s faith-based presidency.
Read Alikes for War and the American Presidency: Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin; The Hardest Job in the World by John Dickerson; A Country of Vast Designs by Robert W. Merry
ISBN 0-393-32769-8
Arthur Schlesinger
2005
