Pandora's trap
Subtitle: presidential decision making and blame avoidance in Vietnam and Iraq
By: Thomas Preston
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780742562639; 9781442212152
Subjects: Politics and government; Iraq War, 2003-; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Political leadership; Presidents; Blame; Case studies; Decision making; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A Tale of Two Texans : the Leadership Styles of George W. Bush and Lyndon Johnson; title: The Politics of Blame Avoidance : Presidential Strategies for Surviving the Washington "Blame Game"; title: Opening Pandora's Box : Blame Avoidance, 9/11, and the Push for War with Iraq; title: Opening Pandora's Box : Blame Avoidance During the Iraq War; title: Bush and Iraq : Revisiting the Vietnam Analogy.