Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 355 pages)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0815721315
,
0815721323
,
128313456X
,
9780815721314
,
9780815721321
,
9781283134569
Inhalt:
"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
Inhalt:
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
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Kalb, Marvin L Haunting legacy Washington, D.C : Brookings Institution Press, ©2011
Sprache:
Englisch
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