The road to war, presidential commitments honored and betrayed, Marvin Kalb
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- Declaration of war
- Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Wars
- United States of America
- Armed forces
- Government policy
- Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- State of emergency
- United States -- Military relations -- Korea (South)
- United States -- Military policy
- History
- États-Unis -- Relations militaires -- Corée du Sud
- United States -- Military relations -- Israel
- Korea (South) -- Military relations -- United States
- Vietnam (Republic) -- Military relations -- United States
- Israel -- Military relations -- United States
- Présidents -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- États-Unis -- Relations militaires -- Israël
- Heads of State and Heads of government
- United States -- Military relations -- Vietnam (Republic)
- Foreign policy
- Corée du Sud -- Relations militaires -- États-Unis
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The road to war, presidential commitments honored and betrayed, Marvin Kalb
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
The road to war
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
823897502
Responsibility statement
Marvin Kalb
Sub title
presidential commitments honored and betrayed
Summary
The Road to War examines how presidential commitments can lead to the use of American military force, and to war. Marvin Kalb notes that since World War II, "presidents have relied more on commitments, public and private, than they have on declarations of war, even though the U.S. Constitution declares rather unambiguously that Congress has the responsibility to "declare" war
Table of contents
Truman's war in Korea -- The hatching of an American "commitment" -- Eisenhower: "My God, we must not lose Asia!" -- Kennedy: the coup that failed -- Johnson: "Let us continue" -- Nixon: "There is no way to win this war" -- One way or the other: getting out, finally -- "Honorable exit" or "decent interval" -- The Israel model: unprecedented and unpredictable -- Where are they now?
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