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Presidential machismo

executive authority, military intervention, and foreign relations

By DeConde, Alexander

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Publisher description: This book offers a historical account of how presidents from George Washington to Bill Clinton have asserted their privilege as commander in chief, examining their penchant for using military might unilaterally and their reasons for doing so. It asks why a democracy allows presidents to exercise such immense power virtually as a personal right.

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978-1-55553-403-5
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Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2000.


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Library Journal

Reviewed on October 15, 1999

DeConde (emeritus, history, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara) looks at the presidential use of force, suggesting that often our Chief Executives resort to military action not for national security reasons but to prove themselves as men. This presidential machismo is not inborn but "socially constructed." Examining the use of force from Wash...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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