Presidential Decisions for War: Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and IraqJHU Press, 2009年3月1日 - 344 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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... attack Iraq, but it reflected a momentary public consensus, orchestrated by the administration, that the war was just and vital to American security. Earlier presidential decisions to use force in Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf ...
... attack on some perceived enemy. George W. Bush and his advisers, on the other hand, provided ample evidence of their intention to force regime change in Iraq. Hess's work usefully reminds us how power and decision making are balanced ...
... attack that Polk then used to justify a declaration of war. A century later, President Roosevelt deployed the US. Navy in 1941 to protect the shipment of goods across the Atlantic to beleaguered Great Britain—an action that brought ...
... and Japan in 1941. In every instance except World War II, when the vote (with only one dissenting voice) was taken the day after J apan's attack on Pearl Harbor, congressional debate was extensive; in those cases, 10 to.
... attack threatened the American-supported government of South Korea. Quickly, Truman and Acheson agreed that the United States should request an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council. Three hours later, Acheson called ...
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Decision by Indecision | |
America keeps | |
The Strategy | |
This aggression | |
The Imperatives | |
Time is not | |
History Overpowers | |
Bibliographical Essay | |
Index | |