02972nam 2200589 450 991081472320332120230607231703.01-61251-581-9(CKB)2670000000530646(EBL)1599111(SSID)ssj0001132525(PQKBManifestationID)12532615(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001132525(PQKBWorkID)11154763(PQKB)11553281(MiAaPQ)EBC1599111(Au-PeEL)EBL1599111(CaPaEBR)ebr10861464(CaONFJC)MIL608886(OCoLC)871776662(EXLCZ)99267000000053064620140501h20022002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMaking war, thinking history Munich, Vietnam, and presidential uses of force from Korea to Kosovo /Jeffrey RecordAnnapolis, Maryland :Naval Institute Press,2002.©20021 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-55750-009-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction; 1. Munich and Vietnam: Lessons Drawn; 2. Truman in Korea; 3. Eisenhower in Indochina; 4. Kennedy and Johnson in Vietnam and the Caribbean; 5. Nixon and Kissinger in Vietnam; 6. Reagan in Lebanon, Grenada, Central America, and Afghanistan; 7. Bush in Panama, the Persian Gulf, and Somalia; 8. Clinton in Haiti and the Balkans; 9. Legacies of Munich and Vietnam for the Post-Cold War World; 10. Using Force, Thinking History; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorIn examining the influence of historical analogies on decisions to use--or not use--force, military strategist Jeffrey Record assesses every major application of U.S. force from the Korean War to the NATO war on Serbia. Specifically, he looks at the influence of two analogies: the democracies? appeasement of Hitler at Munich and America's defeat in the Vietnam War. His book judges the utility of these two analogies on presidential decision-making and finds considerable misuse of them in situations where force was optional. He points to the Johnson administration's application of the MunicPresidentsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryExecutive powerUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1989Decision makingUnited StatesForeign relations1989-Decision makingUnited StatesMilitary policyPresidentsHistoryExecutive powerHistory973.92Record Jeffrey675678MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814723203321Making war, thinking history3941956UNINA