Text and accompanying photographs present eight actual crises faced by American presidents followed by a list of options for a decision making policy. Includes an evaluation of the actual decisions made by the presidents.
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Pennsylvania coal strike : October 1902 -- Covenant of the League of Nations : August 1919 -- Entangling Alliances : December 1940 -- Race riot in Little Rock : September 1957 -- The nuclear edge : October 1962 -- Southeast Asia : June 1965 -- A third-rate burglary : June 1972.