Provides accounts of twenty cases in which U.S. presidents made bad decisions that altered the course of history, including Thomas Jefferson's Embargo Acts, Franklin Roosevelt's internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, and George W. Bush's war in Iraq.
year: 2008
call number/section: 973.09
subjects: presidents, united states, history, decision making, case studies, political leadership, executive power, united states, politics and government, case studies, foreign relations