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Against the president : dissent and decision-making in the White House : a historical perspective
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Against the president : dissent and decision-making in the White House : a historical perspective / by Mark J. White.
ISBN
9781566637442 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1566637449 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2007.
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Internet Archive collection.
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 08, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-357) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Truman, Hopkins, Davies, and the Polish question
The ghost of FDR
Talking with Churchill and Stalin
Truman, Wallace, and meeting the Soviet challenge
Troubled by Truman
The bomb
Fighting the Cold War consensus
Eleven days in September
Eisenhower, Wilson, and the origins of the Vietnam War
A new Wilsonianism
"Nothing but grief:" contesting a commitment
Kennedy, Stevenson, and Cuba
The rivals
Operation castration
War or peace
Johnson, Ball, and the Vietnam War
The accidental president and the tardy rebel
Devil's advocate
Crossing the rubicon
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.
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