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Author:   C. Dale Walton (University of Reading, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9780415598323

ISBN 10:   041559832
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   09 February 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Introduction 1. Beyond All Expectations: The American Rise to Preeminence 2. Victory Disease: Cold War Triumph and its Aftermath 3. The Slow Drift: Power without Strategic Clarity 4. The Decider: The Importance of Presidential Greatness 5. Feet of Clay: Making Inadequate Strategists and War Leaders 6. Lost Wars, Bleak Place: The Tragedy of Presidential Weakness Conclusion

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C. Dale Walton is a Lecturer in International Politics and Strategic Studies at the University of Reading, Reading, UK. He is the author of Geopolitics and the Great Powers in the Twenty-First Century: Multipolarity and the Revolution in Strategic Perspective (London and New York: Routledge, 2007) and The Myth of Inevitable US Defeat in Vietnam (London and Portland, OR: Frank Cass/Routledge, 2002).

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