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Lessons in disaster : McGeorge Bundy and the path to war in Vietnam / Gordon M. Goldstein.

Author/creator Goldstein, Gordon M.
Format Book and Print
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Times Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2008.
Descriptionxiii, 300 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content Publisher description
Subject(s)
Contents Legend of the establishment -- Counselors advise but presidents decide -- Never trust the bureaucracy to get it right -- Politics is the enemy of strategy -- Conviction without rigor is a strategy for disaster -- Never deploy military means in pursuit of indeterminate ends -- Intervention is a presidential choice, not an inevitability.
Abstract Drawing on prodigious research as well as the interviews and analysis he has conducted with former National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy, Goldstein offers this revelatory look at the decisions that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-284) and index.
LCCN 2008033291
ISBN9780805079715
ISBN0805079718

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Joyner General Stacks E 183.8.V5 G64 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold