Gary R. Hess

Presidential Decisions for War: Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Iraq

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Fully revised and featuring an examination of how each of the presidents learned from history and juggled the demands on diplomacy, this comparative study of presidential war-making elucidates how effective executive leadership--or its absence--directly affects the outcome of wars.

Produktdetails

• American Moment
• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Altersempfehlung: 18 bis 22 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 154mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 466g
• ISBN-13: 9780801891243
• ISBN-10: 0801891248
• Artikelnr.: 25906957

Autorenporträt

Gary R. Hess is a Distinguished Research Professor of History at Bowling Green State University. His published works include The United States at War, 1941-1945; Vietnam and the United States: Origins and Legacy of War; The United States' Emergence as a Southeast Asia Power, 1940-1950; and America Encounters India, 1941-1947.