Title: The rockets' red glare :
Authors: Barnet, Richard J.
Date: 1990
Publisher: Simon and Schuster,
Physical description: 476 pages ; 25 cm
Language: English
LC class: E
Abstract: A narrative history of the struggle between American presidents and the American people to control the most important foreign policy decision--the issue of war and peace.
Contents: Passionate attachments -- Jefferson's coup and Madison's war -- Popular democracy and the enemy within -- The politics of expansion -- The politics of adventure -- The American people and the war to end war -- The fight for the league of nations -- "The Good War": getting in -- "The Good War": getting out -- Clearer than truth -- The Cold War consensus -- The consensus unravels: from Korea to Vietnam -- The politics of feelings -- Conclusion : battleground of democracy.
Notes: Includes index.