{"product_id":"advice-to-war-presidents-angelo-m-codevilla-9780465004836","title":"Advice to War Presidents: A Remedial Course in Statecraft","description":"\"War presidents\" are hardly exceptional in modern American history. To a greater or lesser extent, every president since Wilson has been a War President. Each has committed our country to the pursuit of peace, yet involved us in a seemingly endless series of wars--conflicts that the American foreign policy establishment has generally made worse. The chief reason, argues Angelo Codevilla in \"Advice to War Presidents,\" is that America's leaders have habitually imagined the world as they wished it to be rather than as it is: They acted under the assumptions that war is not a normal tool of statecraft but a curable disease, and that all the world's peoples wish to live as Americans do. As a result, our leaders have committed America to the grandest of ends while constantly subverting their own goals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angelo M. Codevilla\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0465004830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465004836\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/05\/2009 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2009 pg. 112","brand":"Angelo M. Codevilla","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43992997298431,"sku":"9780465004836","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca9dfdf7-03ad-4b74-8610-09efce38d182.jpg?v=1683321952","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/advice-to-war-presidents-angelo-m-codevilla-9780465004836","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}