Presidential Decisions for War - Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Iraq

Informationen zum Autor Gary R. Hess is a Distinguished Research Professor of History at Bowling Green State University. His published works include The United States at War, 1941-1945; Vietnam and the United States: Origins and Legacy of War; The United States' Emergence as a Southeast Asia Power, 1940-1950; and America Encounters India, 1941-1947 . Klappentext Fully revised and featuring an examination of how each of the presidents learned from history and juggled the demands on diplomacy, this comparative study of presidential war-making elucidates how effective executive leadership--or its absence--directly affects the outcome of wars. Zusammenfassung Fully revised and featuring an examination of how each of the presidents learned from history and juggled the demands on diplomacy! this comparative study of presidential war-making elucidates how effective executive leadership-or its absence-directly affects the outcome of wars.

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• Authors: Gary R Hess, Gary R. Hess, Gary R. (Distinguished Research Professor Hess
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.04.2009
• EAN: 9780801891236
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-9123-6
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: American Moment; The American Moment
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Central / national / federal government policies, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Central government policies