Why presidents fail
Abstract
Introduction : presidential fiascoes -- Reputation : Eisenhower and the U-2 flights -- Power stakes : Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs -- Compellence : Johnson and the Vietnam escalation -- Command : Ford and the Mayaguez -- Rhetoric : Carter and the energy crisis -- Prerogative : Reagan and the Iran-Contra affair -- Gamesmanship : Bush and the budget -- Program innovation : Clinton and health care -- Parallel governance : Bush and Iraqi WMD -- Presidents unbound : crises of authority and legitimacy -- Risk and resilience : toward a White House learning curve
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Themen
Sprachen
Englisch
Verlag
Rowman & Littlefield Publ.
ISBN
0742562859, 0742562840, 0742563391, 9780742562851, 9780742563391, 9780742562844, 0742563391, 9780742563391
Seiten
XI, 317 S.
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