Leaders at war [electronic resource] : how presidents shape military interventions / Elizabeth N. Saunders.
Series: Cornell studies in security affairsPublication details: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2011.Description: ix, 302 pISBN:- 9780801449222 (alk. paper)
- 9780801460999 (e-book)
- War and emergency powers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Politics and war -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Intervention (International law) -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Military policy -- 20th century
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
- 973.92092/2 22
- JK558 .S38 2011eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-292) and index.
When and how states intervene -- Defining and explaining intervention -- Dwight D. Eisenhower -- John F. Kennedy -- Lyndon B. Johnson -- Before and after the Cold War -- The role of leaders : conclusions and implications.
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