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

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

Link

• https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780471696551
• https://openlibrary.org/books/OL3414616M

Title remainder

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

Statement of responsibility

Gerald Astor

Instantiates

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

Publication

• Hoboken, John Wiley & Sons, c2006

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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

Extent

1 online resource (320 pages)

Form of item

online

Record ID

isbn_9780471696551

Specific material designation

remote

System control number

(OCoLC)1035674843

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Mode of access: Internet