Against the President: Dissent and Decision-Making in the White House: A Historical Perspective

by Mark J. White

With the Iraq War now in its fourth year, its merits are still contested by leading politicians in the U.S. and elsewhere. And revelations suggest that the president's secretary of state, Colin Powell, had opposed going to war. Historians have often analyzed the relationship between presidents and their advisors, but rarely the influence of those counselors who have dissented from the views of the chief executive. Mark J. White considers the question...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566637449
• ISBN13: 9781566637442
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"