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Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xi, 739 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Ten years in the research and writing, Presidents of War is a fresh, magisterial, intimate look at a procession of American leaders as they took the nation into conflict and mobilized their country for victory. It brings us into the room as they make the most difficult decisions that face any President, at times sending hundreds of thousands of American men and women to their deaths. From James Madison and the War of 1812 to recent times, we see them...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xv, 430 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Documents crucial historical moments in each of the first forty presidencies during which the future of the United States has been dramatically affected by a bold executive decision, and offers insight into the factors that influenced the choices made by each president.
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