02754nam 2200625 a 450 991081203020332120230802004951.00-19-994281-10-19-025264-21-280-59583-397866136256630-19-986094-7(CKB)2550000000100454(EBL)916031(OCoLC)793996684(SSID)ssj0000634605(PQKBManifestationID)12273904(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000634605(PQKBWorkID)10642488(PQKB)11703453(StDuBDS)EDZ0001019362(MiAaPQ)EBC916031(Au-PeEL)EBL916031(CaPaEBR)ebr10560958(CaONFJC)MIL362566(EXLCZ)99255000000010045420111018d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrElusive victories the American presidency at war /Andrew J. PolskyNew York Oxford University Press20121 online resource (454 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-986093-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Lincoln casts a shadow -- A war to transform the world: Woodrow Wilson -- Freedom of action: Franklin Roosevelt -- Staying the course: Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon -- The perils of optimism: George W. Bush -- Inheriting a bad hand: Barack Obama -- Conclusion: past and future.On April 4, 1864, Abraham Lincoln made a shocking admission about his presidency during the Civil War. ""I claim not to have controlled events,"" he wrote in a letter, ""but confess plainly that events have controlled me."" Lincoln's words carry an invaluable lesson for wartime presidents, writes Andrew J. Polsky in this seminal book. As Polsky shows, when commanders-in-chief do try to control wartime events, more often than not they fail utterly.In Elusive Victories, Polsky provides a fascinating study of six wartime presidents, drawing larger lessons about the limits of the power of the WhitPresidentsUnited StatesHistoryWar and emergency powersUnited StatesHistoryWar and emergency powersUnited StatesCase studiesPresidentsHistory.War and emergency powersHistory.War and emergency powers352.23/5Polsky Andrew Joseph676309MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812030203321Elusive victories4028710UNINA