Gary R Hess

Broschiertes Buch

Presidential Decisions for War

Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Iraq

Beschreibung

Fully revised and featuring an examination of how each of the presidents learned from history and juggled the demands on diplomacy, this comparative study of presidential war-making elucidates how effective executive leadership--or its absence--directly affects the outcome of wars.

Autor

Gary R. Hess is a Distinguished Research Professor of History at Bowling Green State University. His published works include The United States at War, 1941-1945; Vietnam and the United States: Origins and Legacy of War; The United States' Emergence as a Southeast Asia Power, 1940-1950; and America Encounters India, 1941-1947.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 154mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 466g
• ISBN-13: 9780801891243
• ISBN-10: 0801891248
• Artikelnr.: 25906957