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"These are the times that try men's souls," wrote Thomas Paine in December 1776,
as George Washington's troops faced retreats and defeats in the Revolutionary War. Living in times of war, whether declared
or undeclared, is difficult for all of us. And war places a unique burden upon heads of state. How have some U.S. presidents
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What war powers does the president have?
War Powers of the President and Congress: Who Holds the Arrows and Olive Branch? By W. Taylor Reveley III
War Powers: The President, the Congress, and the Question of War By Donald L. Westerfield
The Judicial Development of Presidential War Powers By Martin S. Sheffer
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George Washington in the Revolutionary War
Washington, Commander in Chief By Thomas G. Frothingham
George Washington and the Origins of the American Presidency Edited by Mark J. Rozell, William D. Pederson, & Frank J. Williams
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Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution By James M. McPherson
Abraham Lincoln, Constitutionalism, and Equal Rights during the Civil War Era By Herman Belz
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Woodrow Wilson in World War I
The Legacy of Woodrow Wilson: American War Aims in World War I By David M. Esposito
Why We Are at War: Messages to the Congress, January to April, 1917 By Woodrow Wilson
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Franklin Roosevelt in World War II
Roosevelt and Churchill: Their Secret Wartime Correspondence Edited by Francis L. Loewenheim, Harold D. Langley, & Manfred Jonas
Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: A Critical Examination of the Foreign Policy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Its Aftermath Edited by Harry Elmer Barnes
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Harry Truman in the Korean War
Truman, Macarthur, and the Korean War By Dennis D. Wainstock
The Korean War: On What Legal Basis Did Truman Act? In The American Journal of International Law, by Louis Fisher
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John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson in the Vietnam War
Kennedy's Wars: Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam By Lawrence Freedman
Into the Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War By Brian VanDeMark
Johnson's War/Johnson's Great Society: The Guns and Butter Trap By Jeffrey W. Helsing
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Presidents in the Cold War
Congress and the Origins of the Cold War: The Truman Doctrine In World Affairs, by Lee Edwards
Waging Peace: How Eisenhower Shaped an Enduring Cold War Strategy By Robert R. Bowie & Richard H. Immerman
The Reagan Doctrine: Sources of American Conduct in the Cold War's Last Chapter By Mark P. Lagon
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George Bush in the Persian Gulf War
The Persian Gulf Crisis By Steve A. Yetiv
Desert Storm: The Gulf War and What We Learned By Michael J. Mazarr, Don M. Snider, & James A. Blackwell, Jr.
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