Deceit on the Road to War
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Schuessler (Air War College) has written a concise, sharply analytical book that challenges one of the pillars of the democratic peace literature. The book makes an excellent argument and can also be used as a primer in qualitative methods. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels.
» W.W. Newmann, Choice
In Deceit on the Road to War, John M. Schuessler examines how U.S. presidents have deceived the American public about fundamental decisions of war and peace. Deception has been deliberate, he suggests, as presidents have sought to shift blame for war onto others in some cases and oversell its benefits in others. Les mer
When resorting to deception, leaders take a calculated risk that the outcome of war will be favorable, expecting the public to adopt a forgiving attitude after victory is secured. The three cases featured in the book-Franklin Roosevelt and World War II, Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War, and George W. Bush and the Iraq War-test these claims. Schuessler concludes that democracies are not as constrained in their ability to go to war as we might believe and that deception cannot be ruled out in all cases as contrary to the national interest. -- Cornell University Press
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Cornell University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 192
- ISBN
- 9780801453595
- Utgivelsesår
- 2015
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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«
Schuessler (Air War College) has written a concise, sharply analytical book that challenges one of the pillars of the democratic peace literature. The book makes an excellent argument and can also be used as a primer in qualitative methods. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels.
» W.W. Newmann, Choice