American Presidents in Diplomacy and War : Statecraft, Foreign Policy, and Leadership

University of Notre Dame Press

American Presidents in Diplomacy and WarStatecraft, Foreign Policy, and Leadership\nAuthor(s): Thomas R. Parker\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Notre Dame Press, United States\nImprint: University of Notre Dame Press\nISBN-13: 9780268207243, 978-0268207243\nSynopsis\nBy analyzing how America's greatest presidents displayed their mastery of statecraft, American Presidents in Diplomacy and War offers important lessons about the most effective uses of national power abroad.\n\nAmerican Presidents in Diplomacy and War chronicles the major foreign policy crises faced by twelve American presidents in order to uncover the reoccurring patterns of successful and less successful uses of diplomatic, economic, and military power. In this succinct and highly readable book, Thomas R. Parker reveals how America's most successful leaders manage events instead of allowing events to control them.\n\nParker explores how the [url] presidency, from the days of the early Republic to the prese.