{"product_id":"9781592332991","title":"Failures of the Presidents: From the Whiskey Rebellion and War of 1812 to the Bay of Pigs and War in Iraq","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat were they thinking?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• In an effort to put an end to Britain and France’s policy of seizing American ships and sailors, Thomas Jefferson calls for an embargo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Result: 30,000 sailors put out of work; mercantile families bankrupted overnight; a nationwide economic depression; and the New England states, which depended heavily on international commerce, threaten to secede from the Union.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• To promote the doctrine of popular sovereignty, Franklin Pierce approves the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and permits residents of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether their territories will admit slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Result: Dozens of settlers murdered; Lawrence, Kansas, burned and looted; John Brown elevated to the status of national hero among abolitionists; the country moves closer to civil war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Convinced the 20,000 men, women, and children of the Bonus Army were Communists and criminals, Herbert Hoover sends 600 crack troops, a detachment of cavalry, and five tanks to drive the protesters out of Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Result: 4 dead, including two infants; more than 1,000 injured; the Communist Party in America enjoys a public relations field day; Hoover is driven into political exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• In an effort to install a capitalist government in the Middle East, stabilize the region, and protect America from a possible Iraqi terrorist assault using weapons of mass destruction, George W. Bush orders the invasion of Iraq.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Result: More than 4,000 American soldiers and personnel dead; estimated hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians dead; hundreds of billions of dollars spent; the torture of prisoners in the Abu Ghraib prison and the failure to find weapons of mass destruction leave American global credibility in tatters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fair Winds Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036739125488,"sku":"9781592332991","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781592332991_p0.jpg?v=1763806924","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781592332991","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}