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010 _a 2018007697
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_q(hardback)
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_q(ebook)
020 _a0804137013 (ebook)
020 _a9780804137010 (ebook)
035 _a(OCoLC)1018071639
037 _bRandom House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157
_nSAN 201-3975
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100 1 _aBeschloss, Michael R.,
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79126139
_eauthor
_99654
245 1 0 _aPresidents of War /
_cMichael Beschloss
246 1 7 _aPresidents of War :
_bthe epic story, from 1807 to modern times
250 _aFirst edition
264 1 _aNew York :
_bCrown,
_c[2018]
264 4 _c©2018
300 _axi, 739 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (some color) ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505 0 _aTorrent of passion -- Man of straw -- The most glorious war -- The country is now virtually ours -- A presidential war -- Fort Sumter -- Blood flowing all about me -- Maine blown up -- We must keep what we want -- The world is on fire -- Salvation of mankind -- How could this thing happen? -- The survival war -- I am going to let them have it -- I didn't ask their permission -- We got slapped -- I don't have a parachute
520 _aPresidential historian Michael Beschloss uses original letters, diaries, declassified documents, and interviews to bring us into the room and into the minds of a procession of Chief Executives who took the nation into major conflicts, mobilized Americans for victory, and seized greater power for themselves. From James Madison and the War of 1812 to Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam, we see these leaders struggling with Congress, the courts, the press, their own advisers, and antiwar protesters; seeking comfort from their spouses, families, and friends; and dropping to their knees in prayer. We come to understand how these Presidents were able to withstand the pressures of war -- both physically and emotionally -- or were broken by them
650 0 _aPresidents
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650 0 _aPolitical leadership
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_xHistory.
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_99656
650 0 _aExecutive power
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650 7 _aExecutive power.
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650 7 _aPolitical leadership.
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650 7 _aPresidents.
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651 0 _aUnited States
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655 4 _aNonfiction
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655 7 _aHistory.
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655 7 _aMilitary history.
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_cBOOK