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Haunting legacy : Vietnam and the American presidency from Ford to Obama
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Haunting legacy : Vietnam and the American presidency from Ford to Obama / Marvin Kalb and Deborah Kalb.
ISBN
9780815721314 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815721315 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2011.
Physical Description
xi, 355 p. ; 25 cm.
Summary
"Examines how presidential decisionmaking has been influenced by America's defeat in the Vietnam war, studying presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama and how they have approached key decisions regarding conflicts while in office"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 11, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Ford : finally, the war ends
Ford and the mini-challenge of the Mayaguez
Carter, Brzezinski, and Russia's Vietnam
Reagan, Grenada, Lebanon, and the marines
Bush I : burying Vietnam
Clinton : the first baby-boomer president
Bush II : boots on the ground
2004 : the Swift boat Campaign
Obama : "Afghanistan is not Vietnam"
"Good enough".
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