Title: Pandora's trap
Description: "How important is presidential personality and leadership style in foreign policy decisions? To answer this question, Thomas Preston takes readers inside the Bush administration's decision making process and use of intelligence to better understand how administration officials justified the Iraq War--and how they sought to avoid blame for the consequences of their actions. Based on extensive interviews with key Bush administration officials, Preston offers students of American foreign policy, presidential decision making, the dynamics of blame avoidance, and future practitioners with an in depth examination of how presidential personality and leadership style impacted Bush's central foreign policy failure"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Politics and government, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Political leadership, Presidents, Blame, Case studies, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Decision making, Bush, george w. (george walker), 1946-, Johnson, lyndon b. (lyndon baines), 1908-1973, Presidents, united states, Iraq war, 2003-2011, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, United states, politics and government, 2001-2009, United states, politics and government, 1963-1969
Places: United States
People: George W. Bush (1946-), Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973)
Time periods: 1963-1969, 2001-2009