Presidents and their generals : an American history of command in war / Matthew Moten.

Author: Moten, Matthew, 1960-

Imprint:Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014.

Descriptionx, 443 pages ; 25 cm

Note:I. Setting precedents -- George Washington and the Continental Congress -- Adams, Washington, and Hamilton -- Mr. Madison's war -- Polk against his generals -- Lincoln's letter to Hooker -- The politics of collaboration -- Lincoln and Grant -- The Pershing paradox -- Roosevelt, Marshall, and Hopkins -- The perils of partisanship -- Exit MacArthur -- Taylor's theory -- Powell's doctrine -- Rumsfeld's assumptions.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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