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Presidential decisions for war : Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Iraq / Gary R. Hess.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hess, Gary R.
- Series:
- American moment.
- The American moment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--United States--History--20th century.
- Presidents.
- Cold War.
- Intervention (International law)--Case studies.
- Intervention (International law).
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989--Decision making--Case studies.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--1989-1993--Decision making--Case studies.
- United States--Military policy--Case studies.
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
- Truman, Harry S.
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
- Johnson, Lyndon B.
- Bush, George, 1924-2018.
- Bush, George.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (345 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- Fully revised and featuring an examination of how each of the presidents learned from history and juggled the demands on diplomacy, this comparative study of presidential war-making elucidates how effective executive leadership--or its absence--directly affects the outcome of wars.
- Contents:
- Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction: Presidential Leadership and International Crises; 1 Harry S. Truman and the Korean Crisis: "We can't let the U.N. down"; 2 Harry S. Truman as Commander in Chief: Decision by Indecision; 3 Lyndon B. Johnson and the Vietnam Crisis: "America keeps her word"; 4 Lyndon B. Johnson as Commander in Chief: The Strategy of Wishful Thinking; 5 George H. W. Bush and the Persian Gulf Crisis: "This aggression will not stand"; 6 George H. W. Bush as Commander in Chief: The Imperatives of Coalition Warfare
- 7 George W. Bush and the Second Crisis with Iraq: "Time is not on our side"8 George W. Bush as Commander in Chief: History Overpowers Ideology; Conclusion: Four Presidents and Their Wars; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references ([291]-319) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9578-2
- OCLC:
- 923194550
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