Download or read book Why Presidents Fail written by Richard M. Pious and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why Presidents Fail takes a fresh look at cases that became defining events in presidencies from Dwight D. Eisenhower through George W. Bush and uses these cases to draw generalizations about presidential power, authority, rationality, and legitimacy. Rather than assigning blame for past failures, this book focuses on why presidents fail and how future presidents might avoid making these same disastrous mistakes.