Elusive victories applies this schema to a number of cases the civil war abraham lincoln world war i woodrow wilson world war ii franklin d roosevelt the vietnam war lyndon b johnson and richard m nixon grouped together and the wars in iraq and afghanistan bush and obama treated separately no president compiled a perfect record when measured against all the challenges polsky concludes but lincoln and roosevelt did best for the problems writ large effective . Elusive victories the american presidency at war polsky andrew j page robert isbn 9781522696247 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Elusive victories the american presidency at war oxford scholarship on april 4 1864 abraham lincoln made a shocking admission about his presidency during the civil war i claim not to have controlled events he wrote in a letter but confess plainly that events have controlled me. On april 4 1864 abraham lincoln made a shocking admission about his presidency during the civil war i claim not to have controlled events he wrote in a letter but confess plainly that events have controlled me lincolns words carry an invaluable lesson for wartime presidents states this book as the book shows when commanders in chief do try to control wartime events more