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Presidents at war : from Truman to Bush, the gathering of military power to our Commanders in Chief /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Astor, Gerald, 1926-2007
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2006]
Subjects:
Presidents > United States > History > 20th century.
Presidents > United States > History > 21st century.
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
United States > Foreign relations > 2001-2009.
United States > Military policy.
United States > History, Military.
Table of 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.