03301nam 2200697 a 450 991045676380332120210829225141.014422121529781442212152(CKB)2550000000046158(EBL)765279(OCoLC)755168803(SSID)ssj0000539872(PQKBManifestationID)12211358(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000539872(PQKBWorkID)10580670(PQKB)10575392(MiAaPQ)EBC765279(Au-PeEL)EBL765279(CaPaEBR)ebr10496316(CaONFJC)MIL324626(EXLCZ)99255000000004615820110610d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPandora's trap[electronic resource] presidential decision making and blame avoidance in Vietnam and Iraq /Thomas PrestonLanham Rowman & Littlefield Publishersc20111 online resource (281 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7425-6264-6 0-7425-6263-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.A Tale of Two Texans : the Leadership Styles of George W. Bush and Lyndon Johnson -- The Politics of Blame Avoidance : Presidential Strategies for Surviving the Washington "Blame Game" -- Opening Pandora's Box : Blame Avoidance, 9/11, and the Push for War with Iraq -- Opening Pandora's Box : Blame Avoidance During the Iraq War -- Bush and Iraq : Revisiting the Vietnam Analogy.How important is presidential personality and leadership style in foreign policy decisions? To answer this question, Thomas Preston takes readers inside the Bush administration's decision-making process and use of intelligence to better understand how administration officials justified the Iraq War-and how they sought to avoid blame for the consequences of their actions. Based on extensive interviews with key Bush administration officials, Preston offers students of American foreign policy, presidential decision making, the dynamics of blame avoidance, and future practitionerPolitical leadershipUnited StatesCase studiesBlamePolitical aspectsUnited StatesCase studiesPresidentsUnited StatesDecision makingCase studiesIraq War, 2003-2011Decision makingVietnam War, 1961-1975Decision makingPresidentsUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesPolitics and government2001-2009Decision makingUnited StatesPolitics and government1963-1969Decision makingElectronic books.Political leadershipBlamePolitical aspectsPresidentsDecision makingIraq War, 2003-2011Decision making.Vietnam War, 1961-1975Decision making.Presidents973.931092Preston Thomas1963-952863MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456763803321Pandora's trap2487653UNINA