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Presidents at war : from Truman to Bush, the gathering of military power to our Commanders in Chief
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Presidents at war : from Truman to Bush, the gathering of military power to our Commanders in Chief / Gerald Astor ; foreword by John P. Murtha.
ISBN
0471696552 (cloth)
Published
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2006.
Physical Description
xv, 320 p. ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 08, 2007
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-306) and index.
Contents
Commander-in-chief
The evolution of war powers and precedents
World War I, World War II
The Truman years
The reign of Ike
Camelot's Commander in Chief
The missile crisis
Resolution and reverberations
LBJ, part of the way
Down the slope
Toward peace with honor
Pieces of peace
The bitter end
Iran, Afghanistan, and Lebanon
Beirut, Central America and Iran
Iran-Contra
Bush One
Nation-building and genocide
Prevention and retaliation
Between Iraq and hard places
Winning the war, fighting on
Power and abdication.
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