American Presidential Statecraft

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 John F. Kennedy, the Hawks, the Doves, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

Chapter 3 A “Worm with a Hook”: Lyndon Johnson’s Decision to Escalate US Involvement in the Vietnam War, November 1963–July 1965

Chapter 4 Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and the Congress: Ending US Involvement in the Vietnam War, 1969–1974

Chapter 5 Ronald Reagan, George Shultz, and Caspar Weinberger: Winding Down the Cold War, 1984–1988

Chapter 6 George W. Bush’s Decision to Invade Iraq, 2001–2003