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Bush, George W. (George Walker) 1946- Iraq War, 2003- National security United States Decision making Spaatz, Carl 1891-1974 Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis) 1867-1950 Tōgō, Shigenori 1882-1950 United States Military policy Decision making United States Officials and employees World War, 1939-1945 Japan World War, 1939-1945 United StatesMazzetti, Mark.
Summary: Presents a revelatory account of the transformation of the CIA and America's special forces into competing covert paramilitary agencies responsible for the defeat of Osama bin Laden and other strategic war efforts, offering insight into the new ways thatthe nation is fighting wars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Penguin Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 356.16 MAZThomas, Evan
Summary: "This suspenseful and propulsive account of the days leading up to the end of World War II, is told through the stories of three men: Henry Stimson, the Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atomic bomb; Gen. Carl "Tooey" Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in Europe and the Pacific, who was in charge of actually dropping the bombs; and Shigenori Tōgō, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 THOWoodward, Bob
Summary: Woodward shows Obama making the critical decisions on the Afghanistan War, the secret war in Pakistan and the worldwide fight against terrorism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.932 WOOWoodward, Bob.
Summary: A secret Pentagon assessment sent to the White House in May 2006 forecasted a more violent 2007 in Iraq, contradicting the repeated optimistic statements of President Bush. This book examines how the Bush administration avoided telling the truth about Iraq to the public, to Congress, and often to themselves. In this detailed inside story of a war-torn White House, Woodward answers the core...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.931 WOOTanner, Stephen
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Publisher / Publication Date: Casemate 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.928 TANWoodward, Bob
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 WOOMalloy, Sean L. (Sean Langdon)
Contents: Introduction : "Its use must weigh heavily on our minds and on our hearts" -- The education of Henry L. Stimson -- The road to Pearl Harbor -- "A most terrible thing" -- "The international situation" -- The ordeal of Henry L. Stimson -- Hiroshima and Nagasaki by way of Potsdam -- The last full measure -- "The full enumeration of the steps in the tragedy" -- Conclusion : "a grave and continuing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cornell University Press 2008