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Article: Against the President: Dissent and Decision-Making in the White House: A Historical Perspective.(Book review)
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- June 22, 2009
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Against the President: Dissent and Decision-Making in the White House: A Historical Perspective. By Mark J. White. (Chicago, Ill.: Ivan R. Dee, 2007. Pp. 384. $28.95.)
For those intrigued by how U.S. presidents make important decisions, this author has provided a well-written and enjoyable book on this subject. Although this aspect of presidential policy making has been intensely investigated by others, Mark J. White focuses on what he claims is a neglected component of this process: the dissenter within a president's administration. White analyzes the conflict between Harry Truman and his advisers, Harry Hopkins and Joseph Davies, over the Polish question; the ...