The road to war presidential commitments honored and betrayed / [electronic resource] :
Marvin Kalb.
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2013.
- x, 287 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Truman's war in Korea -- The hatching of an American "commitment" -- Eisenhower: "My God, we must not lose Asia!" -- Kennedy: the coup that failed -- Johnson: "Let us continue" -- Nixon: "There is no way to win this war" -- One way or the other: getting out, finally -- "Honorable exit" or "decent interval" -- The Israel model: unprecedented and unpredictable -- Where are they now?.
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Presidents--History--United States--20th century. Political leadership--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Military policy--History--20th century. United States--Military relations--Korea (South) Korea (South)--Military relations--United States. United States--Military relations--Vietnam (Republic) Vietnam (Republic)--Military relations--United States. United States--Military relations--Israel. Israel--Military relations--United States.