Making war, thinking history : Munich, Vietnam, and presidential uses of force from Korea to Kosovo / / Jeffrey Record
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Record Jeffrey
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| Titolo: |
Making war, thinking history : Munich, Vietnam, and presidential uses of force from Korea to Kosovo / / Jeffrey Record
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| Pubblicazione: | Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , 2002 |
| ©2002 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.92 |
| Soggetto topico: | Presidents - United States - History - 20th century |
| Executive power - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 Decision making |
| United States Foreign relations 1989- Decision making | |
| United States Military policy | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Author |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Making war, thinking history |
| ISBN: | 1-61251-581-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814723203321 |
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