Pandora's Trap: Presidential Decision Making and Blame Avoidance in Vietnam and Iraq

By Thomas Preston

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742562646
• ISBN13: 9780742562646
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"