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008			110728s2007 ilu r 000 0 eng d
020			_a9781566637442 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020			_a1566637449 (pbk. : alk. paper)
041	0		_aeng
082	0	0	_a973.917 _222
100	1		_aWhite, Mark J. _d1965-
245	1	0	_aAgainst the president : _bdissent and decision-making in the White House : a historical perspective / _cby Mark J. White.
260			_aChicago : _bIvan R. Dee, _c2007.
300			_a370 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [325]-357) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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	1	4	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1933-1945.
650	1	4	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1945-1989.
650	1	4	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _xDecision making _vCase studies.
650	1	4	_aPresidents _zUnited States _xDecision making _vCase studies.
650	1	4	_aPolitical leadership _zUnited States _vCase studies.
650	1	4	_aPresidents _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century _9399673
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