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First edition. |
| Description |
xix, 491 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [459]-464) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: The transformational President. The dilemmas of leadership -- President of all the people -- The spreading of darkness -- A starless dark -- The present state of evil in the world -- An echoing cave of winds -- Danse Macabre -- The prince of Tennessee -- The courtier -- Shaping a secret strategy -- Mark of desolation -- The want of success -- Hammer on the anvil -- Facing adversity -- To be used and pushed aside -- The return of hell -- The rivals -- "Covenants without swords be but words"-Thomas Hobbes -- "The strife of wills, the wars of precedence"-Lecretius -- Part II. Forward to Baghdad. "Human, all too human"-Friedrich Nietzsche -- Dual containment -- Shadow war -- A real step up -- Contending with ghosts -- The great game begins -- Operation backfire -- Stars that shine and never weep -- The almost war -- Sinister designs -- Under western eyes -- WMD mirage -- Brilliant victory -- Good and evil in history -- Part III. A special kind of evil: Al Qaeda in the Balkans. A chaning world -- Heavy hour -- Glorious death -- High-stakes game -- Caliphate -- Eternal aliens -- Madam Secretary -- Buckeyes and Razorbacks -- Kill, confiscate, destroy -- The stakes at chess -- The ruthless truth of war -- Breadth of destruction -- Sowing the wind -- Crisis of fate -- The gain that darkens -- GOTOV JE! -- To cure an evil. |
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Clinton, Bill, 1946- -- Military leadership.
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United States -- Military policy.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1993-2001.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780312373665 alkaline paper |
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031237366X alkaline paper |
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