TY  - BOOK
AU  - White,Mark J.
TI  - Against the president: dissent and decision-making in the White House : a historical perspective 
SN  - 9781566637442 (pbk. : alk. paper)
U1  - 973.917 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - Ivan R. Dee
KW  - United States
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1933-1945
KW  - 1945-1989
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Political leadership
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
N1  - 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
ER  -