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Profiles George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, and other U.S. presidents, discussing their courage in the face of criticism, political risk, and even threat of death to follow their convictions in various foreign and domestic policy situations.

"Douglas Carl Peifer compares the ways in which different presidential administrations have responded when American lives were lost at sea. He examines in depth three cases: the Maine incident (1898), which led to war in the short term; the Lusitania crisis (1915), which set the trajectory for intervention; and the Panay incident (1937), which was settled diplomatically"--Provided by publisher.

Presents chronological profiles of the U.S. presidents up to George W. Bush, describing the impact of their foreign policies, as well as domestic issues during their terms that affected other countries. Includes illustrations, sidebars, glossaries, and bibliographies.

Presents chronological profiles of the U.S. presidents from Woodrow Wilson to John F. Kennedy, describing the impact of their foreign policies, as well as domestic issues during their terms that affected other countries. Includes illustrations, sidebars, a glossary, and a bibliography.

Presents chronological profiles of the U.S. presidents from Andrew Johnson to William H. Taft, describing the impact of their foreign policies, as well as domestic issues during their terms that affected other countries. Includes illustrations, sidebars, a glossary, and a bibliography.

Presents chronological profiles of the U.S. presidents from William Henry Harrison to Abraham Lincoln, describing the impact of their foreign policies, as well as domestic issues during their terms that affected other countries. Includes illustrations, sidebars, a glossary, and a bibliography.

Profiles George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, and other U.S. presidents, discussing their courage in the face of criticism, political risk, and even threat of death to follow their convictions in various foreign and domestic policy situations.

Contains essays in which historians examine the bombing of Japan by the United States in 1945, surveying the literature on the event, considering the deliberations that led to the decision to use the atomic bomb, and looking at how people in both countries have remembered Hiroshima since World War II.

This revelatory history of the elusive National Security Council shows how staffers operating in the shadows have driven foreign policy clandestinely for decades. When Michael Flynn resigned in disgrace as the Trump administration's national security advisor the New York Times referred to the National Security Council as "the traditional center of management for a president's dealings with an uncertain world." Indeed, no institution or individual in the last seventy years has exerted more influence on the Oval Office or on the nation's wars than the NSC, yet until the explosive Trump presidency, few Americans could even name a member. With key analysis, John Gans traces the NSC's rise from a collection of administrative clerks in 1947 to what one recent commander-in-chief called the president's "personal band of warriors." A former Obama administration speechwriter, Gans weaves extensive archival research with dozens of news-making interviews to reveal the NSC's unmatched power, which has resulted in an escalation of hawkishness and polarization, both in Washington and the nation at large.