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An illuminating set of historical vignettes of the performance of American chief executives in the capacity in which their personal strengths and weaknesses make the most difference- command decisions on matters of war and peace.' -Fred I. Greenstein, author of The Hidden Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader

A strong addition to the existing military history reference literature and to its series. . . . Dawson's research guide is more useful than a standard bibliography, and much more thorough for the time period covered than [other] sources. . . . Dawson builds his guide around more than 1, 100 bibliographic entries, many of which have brief, descriptive annotations. The citations, arranged topically in eight chapters, are drawn from books, perio...

In 1846-47, a ragtag army of 800 American volunteers marched 3, 500 miles across deserts and mountains, through Indian territory and into Mexico. There they handed the Mexican army one of its most demoralizing defeats and helped the United States win its first foreign war. Their leader was himself a volunteer, but Colonel Alexander Doniphan was also a "natural soldier" of towering stature who became a national hero in the wake of his wartime e...

Ever since the Alamo, the military has been a vivid part of the Texas experience. Not until now, though, have scholars addressed the significance of that experience in one book. In The Texas Military Experience, prominent authors reevaluate famous personalities, reassess noted battles and units, and bring fresh perspectives to such matters as the interplay of fiction, film, and historical understanding. Edited and with an introduction by Josep...