Elusive victories : the American presidency at war / / Andrew J. Polsky
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| Autore: |
Polsky Andrew Joseph
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| Titolo: |
Elusive victories : the American presidency at war / / Andrew J. Polsky
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (454 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 352.23/5 |
| Soggetto topico: | Presidents - United States - History |
| War and emergency powers - United States - History | |
| War and emergency powers - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 Whit |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Elusive victories |
| ISBN: | 0-19-994281-1 |
| 0-19-025264-2 | |
| 1-280-59583-3 | |
| 9786613625663 | |
| 0-19-986094-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812030203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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