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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton, 2005.Description: 186 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0393327698 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.1/6/0973 22
LOC classification:
  • JZ1480 S342 2005
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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.
Summary: The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian explores the war in Iraq, the presidency of George W. Bush, and the future of democracy warning readers about the dangers of America's policy shift from containment to preventive war, discussing Bush's revival of the "imperial presidency," and urging for continued patriotism in the face of dissent. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) JZ1480 S342 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000160159

"With a new chapter"--Cover.

Includes index.

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.

The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian explores the war in Iraq, the presidency of George W. Bush, and the future of democracy warning readers about the dangers of America's policy shift from containment to preventive war, discussing Bush's revival of the "imperial presidency," and urging for continued patriotism in the face of dissent. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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