The road to war [electronic resource] : presidential commitments honored and betrayed / Marvin Kalb.

By: Kalb, Marvin LContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2013Description: x, 287 pISBN: 9780815724438 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 20th century | United States -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century | United States -- Military relations -- Korea (South) | Korea (South) -- Military relations -- United States | United States -- Military relations -- Vietnam (Republic) | Vietnam (Republic) -- Military relations -- United States | United States -- Military relations -- Israel | Israel -- Military relations -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 355.00973/0904 LOC classification: E840.4 | .K36 2013Online resources: Click to View
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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?.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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