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The war council : McGeorge Bundy, the NSC, and Vietnam
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The war council : McGeorge Bundy, the NSC, and Vietnam / Andrew Preston.
ISBN
0674021983 (alk. paper)
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.
Physical Description
xi, 320 p. ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 21, 2006
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-307) and index.
Contents
The mentor: Stimson's influence on Bundy
A foreign office in microcosm: creating the National Security Adviser and re-creating the NSC staff
Learning to fear the bomb: Kennedy's crises and the origins of detente
The hawk: Rostow and the first attempt at Americanization
The soft hawk: Forrestal and nonmilitary escalation
Bundy the adviser: the drift to war
Bundy the advocate: the rush to war
Bundy ambivalent: rolling thunder, student unrest, and the decision to commit troops
Bundy resilient: the bombing pause and the continuing search for a successful policy
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