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02993cam a2200505 a 4500 001 49F0849C6BF911DEA13FF332A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20230114020400 008 080226s2008 mdu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2008008901 020 $a 0742562859 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780742562851 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 0742562840 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780742562844 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)213080311 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BAKER $d CDX $d BWX $d IXA $d WIH $d TBS $d TSU $d TEX $d NOR $d SEO $d ION $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK511 $b .P56 2008 082 00 $a 973.92092/2 $2 22 100 1 $a Pious, Richard M., $d 1944- 245 1 $a Why presidents fail / $c Richard M. Pious. 260 $a Lanham, Md. : $b Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, $c c2008. 300 $a xi, 317 p. ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-302) and index. 505 0 $a 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 and control : Ford and the Mayaguez -- Rhetoric : Carter and the malaise speech -- Prerogative power : Reagan and the Iran-Contra affair -- Gamesmanship : Bush 41 and the budget summit -- Program innovation : Clinton and health care -- Parallel governance : Bush and Iraqi weapons of mass destruction -- Presidents unbound : crises of authority and legitimacy -- Risk and resilience : toward a White House learning curve. 520 $a Why Presidents Fail takes a fresh look at cases that became defining events in presidencies from Dwight D. Eisenhower through George W. Bush and uses these cases to draw generalizations about presidential power, authority, rationality, and legitimacy. Rather than assigning blame for past failures, this book focuses on why presidents fail and how future presidents might avoid making these same disastrous mistakes. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Leadership $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Leadership $z United States $x History $y 21st century. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 2001-2009. 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0812/2008008901.html 941 $a 9 952 $l OUAX845 $d 20240816043334.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722021737.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508014742.0 952 $l IBAX173 $d 20180307022345.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180124040419.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824063628.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20100609030958.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20100503125009.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20100120073657.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=49F0849C6BF911DEA13FF332A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IONInitiate Another SILO Locator Search