Presidents at war
Subtitle: from Truman to Bush : the gathering of military power to our Commanders in Chief
By: Gerald Astor.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Presidents -- United States -- History -- 21st century; United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century; United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-; United States -- Military policy; United States -- History, Military
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Commander-in-chief; title: Evolution of war powers and precedents; title: WW I, WW II; title: The Truman years; title: The reign of Ike; title: Camelot's Commander-in-Chief; title: The missile crisis; title: Resolution and reverberations; title: LBJ, part of the way; title: Down the slope; title: Towards peace with honor; title: Pieces of peace; title: The bitter end; title: Iran, Afghanistan, Lebanon; title: Beirut, Central America and Iran; title: Iran-Contra; title: Bush One; title: Nation building and genocide; title: Prevention and retaliation; title: Between Iraq and hard places; title: Winning the war, fighting on; title: Power and abdication.