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Presidents at war : from Truman to Bush, the gathering of military power to our Commanders in Chief

Gerald Astor

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Contents

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.

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Presidents at war : from Truman to Bush, the gathering of military power to our Commanders in Chief by Gerald Astor. ISBN 9780471696551. Published by Wiley in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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