Presidents at war : from Truman to Bush, the gathering of military power to our Commanders in Chief / Gerald Astor ; foreword by John P. Murtha.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley and Sons, [2006]تاريخ حقوق النشر: copyright 2006وصف:xv, 320 pages ; 25 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0471696552 (hbk)
- 9780471696551
- E176.1 A825 2006
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | E176.1 A825 2006 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010000100398 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-306) and index.
Commander-in-chief -- The evolution of war powers and precedents -- World War I, World War 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 -- Toward peace with honor -- Pieces of peace -- The bitter end -- Iran, Afghanistan, and 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.