Leaders at war
Subtitle: how presidents shape military interventions
By: Elizabeth N. Saunders
Series: Cornell studies in security affairs; Cornell studies in security affairs
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780801449222
Subjects: Political leadership; Presidents; War and emergency powers; Military policy; Politics and war; Intervention (International law); Foreign relations; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: When and how states intervene; title: Defining and explaining intervention; title: Dwight D. Eisenhower; title: John F. Kennedy; title: Lyndon B. Johnson; title: Before and after the Cold War; title: The role of leaders : conclusions and implications.