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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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An edition of Presidents at war (2006)

Presidents at war

from Truman to Bush : the gathering of military power to our Commanders in Chief

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John Wiley & Sons
Language
English
Pages
320

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Subjects

Military History, Military policy, Presidents, Foreign relations, History, Presidents, united states, United states, foreign relations, 21st century, United states, foreign relations, 2001-2009, United states, military policy, United states, history, military

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United States

Times

2001-, 20th century, 21st century
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Presidents at war: from Truman to Bush : the gathering of military power to our Commanders in Chief
2006, John Wiley & Sons
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Table of Contents

Commander-in-chief
Evolution of war powers and precedents
WW I, WW 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
Towards peace with honor
Pieces of peace
The bitter end
Iran, Afghanistan, 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
355/.03357309045
Library of Congress
E176.1 .A825 2006, E176.1.A825 2006

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
320

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OL3414616M
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isbn_9780471696551
ISBN 10
0471696552
LCCN
2005030780
OCLC/WorldCat
62152864
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3274163
Goodreads
1404168

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OL480845W

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