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Author Kalb, Marvin L.

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

Imprint Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2013.

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Description x, 287 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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 States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780815724933 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780815724438 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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