Presidential Decisions for War: Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and IraqJohns Hopkins University Press, 2009 - 329 頁 Following World War II, Americans expected that the United States would wage another major war against a superpower. Instead, the nation has fought limited wars against much weaker states, such as North Korea, North Vietnam, and Iraq. This revised and updated edition of Presidential Decisions for War analyzes the means by which four presidents have taken the nation to war and assesses the effectiveness of each president's leadership during those conflicts. Gary Hess recreates the unfolding crises in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq to probe the reasons why Presidents Truman, Johnson, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush and their advisors decided in favor of war. He compares the performance of the commanders-in-chief and evaluates how effectively each understood U.S. interests, explored alternatives to war, adhered to constitutional processes, and built congressional, popular, and international support. A new conclusion points out, that unlike the administrations of Truman, Johnson, and the elder Bush, George W. Bush's White House actively sought to change the international order through preemptive war and aggressive democracy building. 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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... MacArthur continued . " The only assurance for the holding of the present line is through the introduction of U.S. ground combat forces into the Korean battle areas . " MacArthur requested two divi- sions . Anything less would be either ...
... MacArthur had originated in early Sep- tember among members of the White House staff who believed it would help Truman politically to be associated with the revered Mac- Arthur . At first , Truman demurred because the meeting would ...
... MacArthur sabotaged it . Truman had tolerated earlier indiscretions by MacArthur but nothing that ap- proximated this act . In a bizarre move that astonished all parties to the war and triggered outrage in Washington , MacArthur on ...
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We cant let the U N down | 8 |
George W Bush and the Second Crisis with | 221 |
and Their Wars | 278 |
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