The road to war (Record no. 34533)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780815724438 |
| International Standard Book Number | 0815724438 |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9780815724933 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MdBmJHUP |
| Transcribing agency | MdBmJHUP |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | E840.4 |
| Item number | .K36 2013 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 355.00973/0904 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kalb, Marvin L., |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The road to war |
| Medium | [electronic resource] : |
| Remainder of title | presidential commitments honored and betrayed / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Marvin Kalb. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Baltimore, Maryland : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Project Muse, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2013 |
| Place of manufacture | (Baltimore, Md. : |
| Manufacturer | Project MUSE, |
| Date of manufacture | 2015) |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Washington, D.C. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Brookings Institution Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | [2013] |
| Place of manufacture | (Baltimore, Md. : |
| Manufacturer | Project MUSE, |
| Date of manufacture | 2015) |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (1 PDF (x, 287 pages)) |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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? |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Not since Pearl Harbor has an American president gone to Congress to request a declaration of war. Nevertheless, since then, one president after another, from Truman to Obama, has ordered American troops into wars all over the world. From Korea to Vietnam, Panama to Grenada, Lebanon to Bosnia, Afghanistan to Iraq --why have presidents sidestepped declarations of war? Marvin Kalb, former chief diplomatic correspondent for CBS and NBC News, explores this key question in his thirteenth book about the presidency and U.S. foreign policy. Instead of a declaration of war, presidents have justified their war-making powers by citing "commitments," private and public, made by former presidents. Many of these commitments have been honored, but some betrayed. Surprisingly, given the tight U.S.-Israeli relationship, Israeli leaders feel that at times they have been betrayed by American presidents. Is it time for a negotiated defense treaty between the United States and Israel as a way of substituting for a string of secret presidential commitments? From Israel to Vietnam, presidential commitments have proven to be tricky and dangerous. For example, one president after another committed the United States to the defense of South Vietnam, often without explanation. Over the years, these commitments mushroomed into national policy, leading to a war costing 58,000 American lives. Few in Congress or the media chose to question the war's provenance or legitimacy, until it was too late. No president saw the need for a declaration of war, considering one to be old-fashioned. The word of a president can morph into a national commitment. It can become the functional equivalent of a declaration of war. Therefore, whenever a president "commits" the United States to a policy or course of action with, or increasingly without, congressional approval, watch out --the White House may be setting the nation on a road toward war. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on print version record. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Political leadership |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Presidents |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Israel |
| General subdivision | Military relations |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | Military relations |
| Geographic subdivision | Israel. |
| Geographic name | Vietnam (Republic) |
| General subdivision | Military relations |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | Military relations |
| Geographic subdivision | Vietnam (Republic) |
| Geographic name | Korea (South) |
| General subdivision | Military relations |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | Military relations |
| Geographic subdivision | Korea (South) |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | Military policy |
| -- | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century. |
| 655 #0 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| Source of term | local |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Project Muse, |
| Relator term | distributor. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Record control number | (DLC) 2013010468 |
| International Standard Book Number | 0815724934 |
| -- | 9780815724933 |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Project Muse. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Public note | Full text available: |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780815724438/">https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780815724438/</a> |
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