Argument without end : in search of answers to the Vietnam tragedy
Title:
Argument without end : in search of answers to the Vietnam tragedy
Author:
McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Public Affairs, [1999]
©1999
Physical Description:
xxiii, 479 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
The theme and structure of the book -- Enemies: Washington's and Hanoi's mindsets by January 1961 -- The evolution of Washington's and Hanoi's mindsets, 1945-1960 -- A neutral solution: was it possible? -- Escalation: 1961-1965 -- Negotiating initiatives, 1965-1967: why did they fail? -- U.S. military victory in Vietnam: a dangerous illusion? -- Learning from tragedy: lessons of Vietnam for the twenty-first century.
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ISBN:
9781891620225
Format :
Book
