9781891620225

Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy

Robert S. McNamara; James G. Blight; Thomas J. Biersteker; Robert K. Brigham; Herbert Y. Schandler

ISBN 10: 1891620223 / 1-891620-22-3
ISBN 13: 9781891620225
Publisher: Public Affairs
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Hardcover
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The former Secretary of Defense collaborates with leading scholars from the United States and Vietnam to offer a groundbreaking new study of exactly how the Vietnam War happened--and why it could not be stopped before three million people died. of photos. Map.


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"McNamara and his associates offer several valuable lessons growing out of their experience and their discussions. Every one of these admonitions is important, and as events since the Vietnam War suggest, ignoring any of them could lead to policy failure."

Jack F. Matlock, New York Times Book Review, 07/08/1999

 
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Book Description: PublicAffairs, LLC, New York, 1999. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. - 8vo. - 479pp. - Illus. - NEW hardcover with dj. An important history of the War in Vietnam. A product of meetings between McNamara, his Kennedy and Johnson administration collegues, and American historians of the war with their Vietnamese counterparts. In frank, revealing, and sometimes astonishing dialogues the two groups walk step-by-step through the war, analyzing each decision and action from both sides. The former enemies reconstructed the history of the war, filling in blanks, rewriting conventional wisdom, and often adding chapters previously unwritten. Notes and index. Bookseller Inventory # zb76286

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Book Description: Publicaffairs, 1999. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition First Printing. New stated first edition, first printing hardcover and dust jacket in excellent condition. Protective mylar cover. 1.69 x 9.54 x 6.59 Inches 512 pages The former Secretary of Defense, and leading scholars from the U.S. and Vietnam, offer groundbreaking new study of exactly how the Vietnam War happened-and why it could not be stopped before millions died. Bookseller Inventory # 11294

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