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Commander in Chief: How Truman, Johnson, and Bush Turned a Presidential Power into a Threat to America's Future
Commander in Chief How Truman Johnson and Bush Turned a Presidential Power into a Threat to America's Future
Author: Geoffrey Perret
This is a story of ever-expanding presidential powers in an age of unwinnable wars. Harry Truman and Korea, Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam, George W. Bush and Iraq: three presidents, three ever broader interpretations of the commander in chief clause of the Constitution, three unwinnable wars, and three presidential secrets. Award-winning presidenti...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780374531270
ISBN-10: 0374531277
Publication Date: 1/22/2008
Pages: 448
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Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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