The Road to War
Presidential Commitments Honored and Betrayed
Not since Pearl Harbor has an American president gone to Congress to request a declaration of war. Nevertheless, since then, one president after another, from Truman to Obama, has ordered American troops into wars all over the world. From Korea to Vietnam, Panama to Grenada, Lebanon to Bosnia, Afghanistan to Iraq-why have presidents sidestepped declarations of war? Marvin Kalb, former chief diplomatic correspondent for CBS and NBC News, explores this key question in his thirteenth book about the presidency and U.S. foreign policy.Instead of a declaration of war, presidents have justified their war-making powers by citing commitments, private…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8157-2493-3
- EAN: 9780815724933
- Produktnummer: 14470120
- Verlag: Brookings Institution
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Masse: H16.7 cm x B24.3 cm x D2.9 cm 620 g
- Gewicht: 620
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
Marvin Kalb is the Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice (Emeritus) at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and founding director of the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. He also serves as a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution in Foreign Policy Studies. His distinguished journalism career covers thirty years of award-winning reporting and commentary for CBS and NBC News, including stints as bureau chief in Moscow and host of Meet the Press. His twelve previous books include Haunting Legacy (Brookings Press, 2012), The Nixon Memo (University of Chicago) and Kissinger (Little Brown). He hosts the Kalb Report at the National Press Club.
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