Haunting legacy Vietnam and the American presidency from Ford to Obama
Ford : finally, the war ends -- Ford and the mini-challenge of the Mayaguez -- Carter, Brzezinski, and Russia's Vietnam -- Reagan, Grenada, Lebanon, and the marines -- Bush I : burying Vietnam -- Clinton : the first baby-boomer president -- Bush II : boots on the ground -- 2004 : the Swift boat...
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Washington, DC
Brookings Institution Press
c 2011
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Presidents
> Decision making
> Vietnam War, 1961-1975
> Influence
> Wirkung
> Auswirkung
> Außenpolitik
> Strategie
> Sicherheitspolitik
> Militärische Intervention
> Kriegführung
> Entscheidungsfindung
> Staatsoberhaupt
> United States
> Military policy
> Foreign relations
> Politics and government
> USA
> Präsident
> Politik
> Vietnam
> Vietnamkrieg
> Geschichte 1945-2010
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Ford : finally, the war ends -- Ford and the mini-challenge of the Mayaguez -- Carter, Brzezinski, and Russia's Vietnam -- Reagan, Grenada, Lebanon, and the marines -- Bush I : burying Vietnam -- Clinton : the first baby-boomer president -- Bush II : boots on the ground -- 2004 : the Swift boat Campaign -- Obama : "Afghanistan is not Vietnam" -- "Good enough". Includes bibliographical references and index "Examines how presidential decisionmaking has been influenced by America's defeat in the Vietnam war, studying presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama and how they have approached key decisions regarding conflicts while in office"--Provided by publisher |
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| Beschreibung: | "Examines how presidential decisionmaking has been influenced by America's defeat in the Vietnam war, studying presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama and how they have approached key decisions regarding conflicts while in office"--Provided by publisher |
| Beschreibung: | XI, 355 S. |
| ISBN: | 9780815721314 978-0-8157-2131-4 |