Failures of the presidents
Subtitle: from the Whiskey Rebellion to the War of 1812 to the Bay of Pigs to Watergate
By: Thomas J. Craughwell with M. William Phelps.
Contributors: Phelps, M. William.
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Beverly, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781592332991
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- History; Presidents -- United States -- Decision making -- Case studies; Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies; Executive power -- United States -- Case studies; United States -- Politics and government -- Case studies; United States -- Foreign relations -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: George Washington, the Whiskey Rebellion; title: John Adams, the Alien and Sedition Acts; title: Thomas Jefferson, the Embargo Act; title: James Madison, the War of 1812; title: Andrew Jackson, the Trail of Tears; title: Franklin Pierce, repeal of the Missouri Compromise; title: Andrew Johnson, the attempted invasion of Canada; title: Ulysses S. Grant, the attempt to annex Santo Domingo; title: Grover Cleveland, the Pullman strike; title: William McKinley, "a splendid little war" with Spain; title: Woodrow Wilson, the punitive expedition into Mexico; title: Herbert Hoover, the Bonus Army; title: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II; title: John F. Kennedy, the Bay of Pigs invasion; title: Lyndon B. Johnson, the Tonkin Gulf Resolution; title: Richard Nixon, the bombing of Cambodia; title: Richard Nixon, Watergate; title: Jimmy Carter, the Iranian hostage crisis; title: Jimmy Carter, the energy crisis and "malaise"; title: Ronald Reagan, the Iran-Contra Affair.