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100	1		_aBeschloss, Michael R., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPresidents of War / _cMichael Beschloss.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aNew York : _bCrown, _c[2018]
300			_a739 p., 32 unnumbered pages of plates : _bill. ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 591-695) and index.
505	0		_aTorrent of passion -- Man of straw -- The most glorious war -- The country is almost 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 have happened? -- The survival war -- I am going to let them have it -- I didn't ask their permission -- We got slapped -- I don't see any way of winning.
520			_a"From a preeminent presidential historian comes a groundbreaking and often surprising saga of America's wartime chief executives. Ten years in the research and writing, Presidents of Waris 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 struggling with Congress, the courts, the press, their own advisors 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. Beschloss's interviews with surviving participants in the drama and his findings in original letters, diaries, once-classified national security documents, and other sources help him to tell this story in a way it has not been told before.Presidents of Warcombines the sense of being there with the overarching context of two centuries of American history. This important book shows how far we have traveled from the time of our Founders, who tried to constrain presidential power, to our modern day, when a single leader has the potential to launch nuclear weapons that can destroy much of the human race"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"From a preeminent presidential historian comes a groundbreaking and often surprising narrative of America's wartime chief executives"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aPresidents _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aPolitical leadership _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aExecutive power _zUnited States _xHistory.
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650		7	_aHISTORY / Military / Strategy. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHISTORY / United States / General. _2bisacsh
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory, Military.
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