LEADER 02722cam 2200493 a 4500001 ocn123485338 003 OCoLC 005 20141211230527.0 008 070419s2007 ilu b 001 0 eng 010 2007016032 020 9781566637442 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 1566637449 (pbk. : alk. paper) 035 (Sirsi) o123485338 035 (OCoLC)123485338 040 DLC |cDLC |dYDX |dBAKER |dBTCTA |dYDXCP |dUtOrBLW 043 n-us--- 049 EREE 050 00 E743 |b.W54 2007 082 00 973.917 |222 100 1 White, Mark J. |=^A373202 245 10 Against the president : |bdissent and decision-making in the White House : a historical perspective / |cby Mark J. White. 260 Chicago : |bIvan R. Dee, |c2007. 300 x, 370 pages ; |c24 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-357) and index. 505 0 Introduction -- Truman, Hopkins, Davies, and the Polish question -- The ghost of FDR -- Talking with Churchill and Stalin -- Truman, Wallace, and meeting the Soviet challenge -- Troubled by Truman -- The bomb -- Fighting the Cold War consensus -- Eleven days in September -- Eisenhower, Wilson, and the origins of the Vietnam War -- A new Wilsonianism -- "Nothing but grief:" contesting a commitment -- Kennedy, Stevenson, and Cuba -- The rivals -- Operation castration -- War or peace -- Johnson, Ball, and the Vietnam War -- The accidental president and the tardy rebel -- Devil's advocate -- Crossing the rubicon -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. 650 0 Presidents |zUnited States |xDecision making |vCase studies. |=^A18678 650 0 Political leadership |zUnited States |vCase studies. |=^A1013415 650 0 Presidents |zUnited States |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A165133 651 0 United States |xPolitics and government |y1933-1945. |=^A17481 651 0 United States |xPolitics and government |y1945-1989. |=^A271979 651 0 United States |xPolitics and government |xDecision making |vCase studies. |=^A5916 856 41 |3Table of contents only |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0716/2007016032.html 994 92 |bERE 910 PromptCat 938 Baker and Taylor |bBTCP |nBK0007289654 938 Baker & Taylor |bBKTY |c28.95 |d21.71 |i1566637449 |n0007289654 |sactive 938 YBP Library Services |bYANK |n2558714 980 2007-10-11 |b28.95 |d0 |e24.32 |f243441 |g30372012986391 |hnb |iE 743 .W54 2007 596 1 998 1269497