LEADER 02972nam 2200589 450 001 9910814723203321 005 20230607231703.0 010 $a1-61251-581-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000530646 035 $a(EBL)1599111 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001132525 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12532615 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001132525 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11154763 035 $a(PQKB)11553281 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1599111 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1599111 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10861464 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL608886 035 $a(OCoLC)871776662 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000530646 100 $a20140501h20022002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMaking war, thinking history $eMunich, Vietnam, and presidential uses of force from Korea to Kosovo /$fJeffrey Record 210 1$aAnnapolis, Maryland :$cNaval Institute Press,$d2002. 210 4$dİ2002 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-55750-009-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Author 330 $aIn 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 Munic 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aExecutive power$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-1989$xDecision making 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1989-$xDecision making 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 615 0$aPresidents$xHistory 615 0$aExecutive power$xHistory 676 $a973.92 700 $aRecord$b Jeffrey$0675678 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814723203321 996 $aMaking war, thinking history$93941956 997 $aUNINA