1. David Gergen, Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership, Nixon to Clinton, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2000, 382, pp. 304–306.
2. Nancy Soderberg, The Superpower Myth: The Use and Misuse of American Might, Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2005, 404, p. 13.
3. Dick Morris, Behind the Oval Office: Getting Reelected against All Odds, 2nd ed., Renaissance Books, Los Angeles, CA, 1999, 646, p. 9.
4. Ibid., p. 10.
5. Clifford Krauss, “Many in Congress, Citing Vietnam, Oppose Attacks,” The New York Times, April 28, 1993, p. A10.