03161nam 22005535 450 991025477160332120200702083716.03-319-50454-110.1007/978-3-319-50454-4(CKB)3710000001140686(DE-He213)978-3-319-50454-4(MiAaPQ)EBC4836287(EXLCZ)99371000000114068620170404d2017 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmerican Presidential Statecraft During the Cold War and After /by Ronald E. Powaski1st ed. 2017.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2017.1 online resource (XIII, 319 p. 8 illus., 3 illus. in color.) Includes index.3-319-50453-3 1. Introduction -- 2. John F. Kennedy, the Hawks, the Doves, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- 3. A “Worm with a Hook:” Lyndon Johnson’s Decision to Escalate U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War, November 1963-July 1965 -- 4. Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and the Congress: Ending U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War, 1969-1974 -- 5. Ronald Reagan, George Shultz, and Caspar Weinberger: Winding Down the Cold War, 1984-1988 -- 6. George W. Bush’s Decision to Invade Iraq, 2001-2003 -- 7. Conclusion. The Art of Presidential Statecraft. .This book, the second of two volumes, examines the presidency in last half of twentieth century America and explores the successes and failures of presidents in their foreign policy initiatives. It examines each president's ability to apply his skills to a foreign policy issue in the face of opposition that may come from a variety of sources, including the Congress, the Pentagon, the State Department, the press, and often their own in-house advisers. This volume in particular focuses on John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush. .United States—HistoryUnited States—Politics and governmentElectionsInternational relationsUS Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/718010US Politicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911180Electoral Politicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911070Foreign Policyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912040United States—History.United States—Politics and government.Elections.International relations.US History.US Politics.Electoral Politics.Foreign Policy.973Powaski Ronald Eauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut926817BOOK9910254771603321American Presidential Statecraft2081476UNINA