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Dereliction of duty : Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the lies that led to Vietnam
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Dereliction of duty : Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the lies that led to Vietnam / H.R. McMaster.
ISBN
9780060929084
0060929081
Edition
1st HarperPerennial ed.
Published
New York : HarperPerennial, 1998.
Physical Description
xxii, 446 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
Examines the decisions made between 1963 and 1965 in regards to escalating United States involvement in the Vietnam War and looks at how early mistakes in policy formation were constantly repeated throughout the Johnson administration.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 27, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-434) and index.
Contents
The new frontiersmen and the old guard : 1961-October 1962
Havana and Hanoi : October 1962-November 1963
New war, new leader : November 1963-January 1964
Graduated pressure : January-March 1964
From distrust to deceit : March-July 1964
Across the threshold : July-August 1964
Contriving consensus : August-September 1964
Prophesies rejected and the path of least resistance : September-November 1964
Planning for failure : November-December 1964
A fork in the road : December 1964-February 1965
The foot in the door : February-March 1965
A quicksand of lies : March-April 1965
The coach and his team : April-June 1965
War without direction : April-June 1965
Five silent men : July 1965
Epilogue.
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