Failures of the Presidents : From the Whiskey Rebellion and War of 1812 to the Bay of Pigs and War in Iraq
By Thomas J. CraughwellEverybody makes mistakes, but when an American President blunders the result can be catastrophic. This in depth look at presidential decision making processes gone wrong reveals the policies and courses of action that seemed promising at the time, but turned out to be the worst decisions American Presidents have made. The stories featured here altered the course of the nation's history, and in some cases changed the history of the world for the worse.
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- Hardcover
- 320 pages
- English
- 0785830545
- 9780785830542
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