Presidents are surrounded by political strategists and White House
counsel who presumably know enough to avoid making the same
mistakes as their predecessors. Why, then, do the same kinds of
presidential failures occur over and over again? Why Presidents
Fail answers this question by examining presidential fiascos,
quagmires, and risky business-the kind of failure that led
President Kennedy to groan after the Bay of Pigs invasion, 'How
could I have been so stupid?' In this book, Richard M. Pious looks
at nine cases that have become defining events in presidencies from
Dwight D. Eisenhower and the U-2 Flights to George W. Bush and
Iraqi WMDs. He uses these cases to draw generalizations about
presidential power, authority, rationality, and legitimacy. And he
raises questions about the limits of presidential decision-making,
many of which fly in the face of the conventional wisdom about the
modern presidency.
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