Against the president : dissent and decision-making in the White House : a historical perspective /
White, Mark J. 1965-
Against the president : dissent and decision-making in the White House : a historical perspective / by Mark J. White. - Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2007. - 370 p. ; 24 cm. - 973.917 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-357) and index.
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.
9781566637442 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1566637449 (pbk. : alk. paper)
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Politics and government--Decision making--Case studies.
Presidents--Decision making--United States--Case studies.
Political leadership--United States--Case studies.
Presidents--History--United States--20th century
973.917
Against the president : dissent and decision-making in the White House : a historical perspective / by Mark J. White. - Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2007. - 370 p. ; 24 cm. - 973.917 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-357) and index.
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.
9781566637442 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1566637449 (pbk. : alk. paper)
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Politics and government--Decision making--Case studies.
Presidents--Decision making--United States--Case studies.
Political leadership--United States--Case studies.
Presidents--History--United States--20th century
973.917