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100 1  Kalb, Marvin L. 
245 10 Haunting legacy :|bVietnam and the American presidency 
       from Ford to Obama /|cMarvin Kalb, Deborah Kalb. 
264  1 Washington, D.C. :|bBrookings Institution Press,|c[2011] 
264  4 |c©2011 
300    xi, 355 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (P. 307-332) and 
       indexes. 
505 0  Ford : finally, the war ends -- Ford and the mini-
       challenge of the Mayaguez -- Carter, Brzezinski, and 
       Russia's Vietnam -- Reagan, Grenada, Lebanon, and the 
       marines -- Bush I : burying Vietnam -- Clinton : the first
       baby-boomer president -- Bush II : boots on the ground -- 
       2004 : the Swift boat Campaign -- Obama : "Afghanistan is 
       not Vietnam" -- "Good enough". 
520    "Examines how presidential decisionmaking has been 
       influenced by America's defeat in the Vietnam war, 
       studying presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H. W. 
       Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama and how they have
       approached key decisions regarding conflicts while in 
       office"--Provided by publisher. 
650  0 Presidents|zUnited States|xDecision making|xHistory|y20th 
       century. 
650  0 Presidents|zUnited States|xDecision making|xHistory|y21st 
       century. 
650  0 Vietnam War, 1961-1975|xInfluence. 
651  0 United States|xMilitary policy. 
651  0 United States|xForeign relations|y1945-1989. 
651  0 United States|xForeign relations|y1989- 
651  0 United States|xPolitics and government|y1945-1989. 
651  0 United States|xPolitics and government|y1989- 
700 1  Kalb, Deborah. 
994    92|bCKE