Making War, Thinking History : Munich, Vietnam, and Presidential Uses of Force from Korea to Kosovo
Jeffrey. Record
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | New York : : Naval Institute Press, , 2014.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (217 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Introduction; 1. Munich and Vietnam: Lessons Drawn; 2. Truman in Korea; 3. Eisenhower in Indochina; 4. Kennedy and Johnson in Vietnam and the Caribbean; 5. Nixon and Kissinger in Vietnam; 6. Reagan in Lebanon, Grenada, Central America, and Afghanistan; 7. Bush in Panama, the Persian Gulf, and Somalia; 8. Clinton in Haiti and the Balkans; 9. Legacies of Munich and Vietnam for the Post-Cold War World; 10. Using Force, Thinking History; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. - In examining the influence of historical analogies on decisions to use--or not use--force, military strategist Jeffrey Record assesses every major application of U.S. force from the Korean War to the NATO war on Serbia. Specifically, he looks at the influence of two analogies: the democracies? appeasement of Hitler at Munich and America's defeat in the Vietnam War. His book judges the utility of these two analogies on presidential decision-making and finds considerable misuse of them in situations where force was optional. He points to the Johnson administration's application of the Munic
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| ISBN | 1557500096
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