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The irony of Vietnam : the system worked

Title
  1. The irony of Vietnam : the system worked / Leslie H. Gelb, with Richard K. Betts ; foreword by Fareed Zakaria.
Published by
  1. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016]
  2. ©2016
Author
  1. Gelb, Leslie H.

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Additional authors
  1. Betts, Richard K., 1947-
Description
  1. xxii, 412 pages; 22 cm
Series statement
  1. The Brookings classics
Uniform title
  1. Brookings classics.
Subject
  1. United States
  2. Vietnam
  3. United States > Foreign relations > Vietnam
  4. Diplomatic relations
  5. Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  6. 1961-1975
  7. Vietnam > Foreign relations > United States
  8. Vietnam War (1961-1975)
Contents
  1. Part I. Decisions: getting into Vietnam -- Patterns, dilemmas, and explanations -- Recurrent patterns and dilemmas from Roosevelt to Eisenhower -- Picking up the torch: the Kennedy Administration -- Intervention in force: the Johnson Administration, I -- Coming home to roost: the Johnson Administration, II -- Part II. The imperative not to lose -- National security goals and stakes -- Domestic political stakes -- The bureaucracy and the inner circle -- Part III. Means: the minimum necessary and the maximum feasible -- Constraints -- Pressures and the president -- Part IV. Perceptions: realism, hope, and compromise -- Optimism, pessimism, and credibility -- The strategy of perseverance -- Part V. Conclusions -- The lessons of Vietnam.
Call number
  1. JFD 16-5047
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Gelb, Leslie H., author.
Title
  1. The irony of Vietnam : the system worked / Leslie H. Gelb, with Richard K. Betts ; foreword by Fareed Zakaria.
Publisher
  1. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016]
Copyright date
  1. ©2016
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. The Brookings classics
  2. Brookings classics.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local note
  1. ANALYSIS OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY. REPRINT OF 1979 ED. W/ NEW PREFACE & FOREWORD.
Chronological term
  1. 1961-1975
Added author
  1. Betts, Richard K., 1947- author.
Other form:
  1. Online version: Gelb, Leslie H., author. Irony of Vietnam Second edition. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2016 9780815726791 (DLC) 2016021445
LCCN
  1. 2016017464
ISBN
  1. 9780815726784 paperback alkaline paper
  2. 0815726783 paperback alkaline paper
Research call number
  1. JFD 16-5047
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