War and the American presidency
By: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Unilateral acts (International law); Iraq War, 2003- -- Influence; War and emergency powers -- United States -- History; Presidents -- United States -- History; Democracy -- United States -- History; United States -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy; United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-
Description: Explores the war in Iraq, the presidency of George W. Bush, and the future of democracy, warning about the dangers of America's policy shift from containment to preventive war, and urging for continued patriotism in the face of dissent.
Notes: "With a new chapter"--Cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Unilateralism : the oldest doctrine in American foreign policy; title: Eyeless in Iraq : the Bush doctrine and its consequences; title: The imperial presidency redux; title: Patriotism and dissent in wartime; title: How to democratize American democracy; title: Has democracy a future?; title: The inscrutability of history.