The Spoils of War: Greed, Power, and the Conflicts That Made Our Greatest Presidents
- ISBN-10
- 1610396626
- ISBN-13
- 9781610396622
- Series
- The Spoils of War
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-09-27
- Authors
- Alastair Smith, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Description
"It's striking how many of the presidents Americans venerate--Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy, to name a few--oversaw some of the republic's bloodiest years. Perhaps it's because they looked out for important political causes. Or maybe they just looked out for themselves. This ... book puts some of America's greatest leaders under the microscope, [positing that] their calls for war, usually remembered as brave and noble, were in fact selfish and convenient"--
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