Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam

xiii, [3], 300, [2] p. Identification of key members of the Kennedy and Johnson Administration. Notes. Index. Drawing on prodigious research as well as the interviews and analysis he has conducted with former National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy, Goldstein offers this revelatory look at the decisions that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam. From an on-line posting: "Gordon M. Goldstein is a scholar of international affairs who has served as an international security adviser to the Strategic Planning Unit of the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General and as a Wayland Fellow and guest lecturer at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. He received his BA, MA, MPhil, and PhD degrees in political science and international relations from Columbia University, and his articles have appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, and The Washington Post. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and lives in Brooklyn, New York." Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear and soiling. First edition. First edition [stated]. First printing [stated].