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Book SynopsisIn Deceit on the Road to War, John M. Schuessler examines how U.S. presidents have deceived the American public about fundamental decisions of war and peace. Deception has been deliberate, he suggests, as presidents have sought to shift blame for war onto others in some cases and oversell its benefits in others.
Trade ReviewSchuessler (Air War College) has written a concise, sharply analytical book that challenges one of the pillars of the democratic peace literature. The book makes an excellent argument and can also be used as a primer in qualitative methods. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels.
-- W.W. Newmann * Choice *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Democracy and Deception1. Explaining Democratic Deception2. Shifting Blame to the Axis: FDR's Undeclared War3. Shifting Blame to the Communists: LBJ and the Vietnam War4. Overselling the Iraq WarConclusion: Deception and Democracy in International RelationsNotes
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