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200 10$aElusive victories$b[electronic resource] $ethe American presidency at war /$fAndrew J. Polsky
210   $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2012
215   $a1 online resource (454 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-19-986093-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aIntroduction -- 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.
330   $aOn 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 Whit
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