Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam
Language: English
Published by Times Books 2008-11, New York, 2008
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The Kennedy and Johnson Administration, 1961-65 / Introduction - Legend of the Establishment / Lesson one - Counselors Advise but Presidents Decide / Lesson Two - Never Trust the Bureaucracy to Get It Right / Lesson Three Politics Is the Enemy of Strategy / Lesson Four - Conviction Without Rigor Is a Strategy for 301 pagesDisaster / Lesson Five - Never Deploy Military Means in Pursuit of Indeterminate Ends / Lesson Six - Intervention Is a Presidential Choice, Not an Inevitability / Notes / Acknowledgments / Index. A revelatory look at the pivotal decisions that led to America's entanglement in Vietnam, drawing on the insights and reassessments of one of the war's architects and charting vital lessons for the comtemporary application of U.S.power. Bright & sharp No extraneous marks.
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- Title
- Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam
- Author
- Gordon M Goldstein
- Publisher
- Times Books 2008-11, New York
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0805079718
- ISBN 13
- 9780805079715
- Edition
- First edition.
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Gordon M. Goldstein is a scholar of international affairs who has held executive positions in international security policy and finance. He received a Ph.D. 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.
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