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1. I alone can fix it: Two presidents become the subjects of psychological analysis

Author

Preston, Andrew

Subjects
On Nixon's Madness: An Emotional History (Nonfiction work) -- Jacobson, Zachary Jonathan, The Madman in the White House: Sigmund Freud, Ambassador Bullitt, and the Lost Psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson (Nonfiction work) -- Weil, Patrick, Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing
Abstract

THE MADMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE Sigmund Freud, Ambassador Bullitt and the lost psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson PATRICK WEIL 400pp. Harvard University Press. 30.95 [pounds sterling] (US $35). ON NIXON'S [...]

Published
2023

2. On the brink: President Kennedy's diplomacy averted nuclear Armageddon

Author

Preston, Andrew

Subjects
Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 (Nonfiction work) -- Hastings, Max, Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing
Abstract

ABYSS The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 MAX HASTINGS 576pp. William Collins. 30 [pounds sterling]. When Max Hastings and his publisher planned the release of Abyss, it's unlikely they ever could [...]

Published
2022

13. The Iraq war as contemporary history

Author

Preston, Andrew

Subjects
The Foreigner's Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungles Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and the Occupation of Iraq (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, The Assasins' Gate: America in Iraq (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, Losing Iraq: Inside the Postwar Reconstruction Fiasco (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, Plan of Attack (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, History
Published
2008

16. Franklin Roosevelt's Foreign Policy and the Welles Mission

Author

Preston, Andrew

Subjects
Franklin Roosevelt's Foreign Policy and the Welles Mission (Book) -- Role, J. Simon, Books -- Book reviews, International relations
Abstract

FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT'S FOREIGN POLICY AND THE WELLES MISSION J. Simon Role New York: Palgrave, 2007. x, 270pp, US$69.95 cloth (ISBN 1-4039-8073-1) In February and March 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt [...]

Published
2007

17. Why we can't all just get along

Author

Preston, Andrew

Subjects
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion (Nonfiction work) -- Haidt, Jonathan -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: ANDREW PRESTON IDEAS The Righteous Mind Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion By Jonathan Haidt Pantheon, 419 pages, $33 For decades, social scientists based their work [...]

Published
2012

18. The West and the Rest

Author

Preston, Andrew

Subjects
Civilization: The West and the Rest (Nonfiction work) -- Ferguson, Niall, Civilization: The West and the Rest (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: ANDREW PRESTON HISTORY Civilization: The West and the Rest By Niall Ferguson Penguin Press, 402 pages, $40.50 It is a problem that has bedevilled historians for centuries: Why did [...]

Published
2011

19. Democracy: still the best

Author

Preston, Andrew

Subjects
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution (Nonfiction work) -- Fukuyama, Francis, Books -- Book reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: ANDREW PRESTON POLTICIAL IDEAS The Origins of Political Order From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution By Francis Fukuyama Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 585 pages, $40.50 Two decades ago, [...]

Published
2011

20. Growing democracy

Author

Preston, Andrew

Subjects
Exporting Democracy: The Risks and Rewards of Pursuing a Good Idea (Nonfiction work) -- Rae, Bob -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: ANDREW PRESTON SOCIAL STUDIES EXPORTING DEMOCRACY The Risks and Rewards of Pursuing a Good Idea By Bob Rae McClelland & Stewart, 275 pages, $29.99 In this erudite, judicious and [...]

Published
2010

21. The ins and (possibly) outs of the war in Iraq

Author

Preston, Andrew

Subjects
A Path out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East (Novel) -- Book reviews, A Path out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East (Book) -- Pollack, Kenneth M., The Forever War (Nonfiction work) -- Filkins, Dexter -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: ANDREW PRESTON THE FOREVER WAR By Dexter Filkins Random House, 368 pages, $28 A PATH OUT OF THE DESERT A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East By [...]

Published
2008

22. God, greed and gushers

Author

Preston, Andrew

Subjects
American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century (Book) -- Phillips, Kevin, American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: ANDREW PRESTON American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century By Kevin Phillips Viking, 462 pages, $38 What motivates George [...]

Published
2006

24. Broad brushes

Author

Preston, Andrew

Subjects
Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing
Published
2007

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