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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... North Korean army had invaded South Korea . An urgent phone call from Secretary of State Dean Ache- son at 11:20 P.M. on Saturday , June 24 , told Truman that forces of the Communist government of North Korea had crossed the thirty ...
... North Korea , which would lead to the unification of Korea under U.N. ... Korean army and to unite Korea . The objective of " victory " gained ... Korean peninsula . As was observed by John Foster Dulles , the respected Republican ...
... North Korea . No one knew whether this was a temporary or permanent withdrawal from fighting . Alarmed by this unpredictable military situation , the JCS alerted MacArthur that " your objective ... ' the destruction of the North Korean ...
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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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