Selling the Korean War propaganda, politics, and public opinion in the United States 1950-1953 /

How presidents spark and sustain support for wars remains an enduring and significant problem. Korea was the first limited war the U.S. experienced in the contemporary period, and in 'Selling the Korean War', Steven Casey explores how Presidents Truman and Eisenhower tried to sell it to th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Casey, Steven
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2008.
Subjects:
Korean War, 1950-1953 > United States.
National security > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1953.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1953.
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Summary:How presidents spark and sustain support for wars remains an enduring and significant problem. Korea was the first limited war the U.S. experienced in the contemporary period, and in 'Selling the Korean War', Steven Casey explores how Presidents Truman and Eisenhower tried to sell it to the American public.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 476 p.) : ill., map.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199867936 (ebook) :

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