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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Spoils of War
    sub title: Greed, Power, and the Conflicts That Made Our Greatest Presidents
  name:
    name part: Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce
    name part: 1946-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Smith, Alastair
    name part: 1967-
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: biography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2016
    copyright date: 2016
    edition: First edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xvi, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
  abstract: 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 revealing and entertaining book puts some of America's greatest leaders under the microscope, showing how their calls for war, usually remembered as brave and noble, were in fact selfish and convenient. In every case, our presidents chose personal gain over national interest while loudly evoking justice and freedom. The result is an eye-opening retelling of American history, and a call for reforms that may make the future better. In this book, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith show that even leaders who proclaim the loftiest of intentions have concerns and motives that are far less pure than we might like. You'll never look at politics the same way again.
  table of contents: George Washington's wars in pursuit of life, liberty and...avarice! -- Congress's War of 1812 : partisanship starts at the water's edge -- Abraham Lincoln and the pursuit of ambition! -- Roosevelt's vanity : avoiding war for domestic gain -- LBJ's defeat by debit card, W's victory by credit card -- John Kennedy and Barack Obama : two paths of "peace" -- Conclusion: Fixing flaws.
  note: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    topic: Presidents
    geographic: United States
    topic: History
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: History, Military
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: Politics and government
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: Military policy
  subject:
    topic: War and emergency powers
    geographic: United States
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Avarice
    topic: Political aspects
    geographic: United States
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Power (Social sciences)
    geographic: United States
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Executive Branch
  subject:
    topic: HISTORY / Military / United States
  subject:
    topic: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National
  classification: E176.1 .B923 2016
  classification: 355.00973
  identifier: 9781610396622 (hardback)
  identifier: 1610396626 (hardback)
  identifier: 9781610396646 (ebook)
  identifier: 2016021526
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 160722
    record change date: 20170926150044.0
    record identifier: in00003749007