Elusive Victories_ The American Presidency at War-Oxford University Press (2012)

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Elusive Victories THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY AT WAR Andrew J. Polsky 1  ...

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vii - Introduction contents - 1. Lincoln’s Shadow Waging War to Transform the World: Woodro ...

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3  A Tale of Two Invasions A convoy of ships approached the coast of Cuba near Daiquiri in June 1898, bearing almost 17,000 Ame ...

4 e lusive v ictories Th ings improved little once the army reached land. Senior offi cers, with no experience commanding large ...

i ntroduction 5 He also intended to displace the Spanish empire from its remaining outposts in the Western Hemisphere and the Pa ...

6 e lusive v ictories objectives, prepare for the peace that will follow the fi ghting, engage in diplomacy to secure and retain ...

i ntroduction 7 authority, especially as it encroaches upon venerated civil liberties, has prompted many lawyers and academics t ...

8 e lusive v ictories found favor, most notably in the wake of the Vietnam War, which was marked by interference by the White Ho ...

i ntroduction 9 achieve their larger political goals. Lyndon Johnson, for one, demon- strates the problems with both schools. He ...

10 e lusive v ictories the creation of its National Health Service. From the demise of presi- dents’ domestic programs and the s ...

i ntroduction 11 presidents fi nd themselves bereft of strategic options, with little latitude to alter the course of the war th ...