This revised and updated edition of Presidential Decisions for War analyzes the means by which four presidents have taken the nation to war and assesses the effectiveness of each president's leadership during those conflicts.

Some copies are Johns Hopkins University Press paperbacks, 23cm.

Series editor's foreword -- Preface to the second edition -- Introduction: Presidential leadership and international crises -- 1: Harry S Truman and the Korean crisis: "We can't let the U N down" -- 2: Harry S Truman as Commander in Chief: decision by indecision -- 3: Lyndon B Johnson and the Vietnam crisis: "America keeps her word" -- 4: Lyndon B Johnson as Commander in Chief: the strategy of wishful thinking -- 5: George H W Bush and the Persian Gulf crisis: "This aggression will not stand" -- 6: George H W Bush as Commander in Chief: the imperatives of coalition warfare -- 7: George W Bush and the second crisis with Iraq: "Time is not on our side" -- 8: George W Bush as Commander in Chief: history overpowers ideology -- Conclusion: Four presidents and their wars -- Bibliographical essay -- Index.