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The Irony of Vietnam : the System Worked.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Brookings Institution Press,
2016.
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| Edición: | NONE. |
| Colección: | Brookings Classic, A.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface to the Classic Edition; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part One: Decisions: Getting into Vietnam; Patterns, Dilemmas, and Explanations; Recurrent Patterns and Dilemmas from Roosevelt to Eisenhower; Picking Up the Torch: The Kennedy Administration; Intervention in Force: The Johnson Administration, I; Coming Home to Roost: The Johnson Administration, II; Part Two: Goals: The Imperative Not to Lose; National Security Goals and Stakes; Domestic Political Stakes; The Bureaucracy and the Inner Circle.
- Part 3: Means: The Minimum Necessary and the Maximum FeasibleConstraints; Pressures and the President; Part Four: Perceptions: Realism, Hope, and Compromise; Optimism, Pessimism, and Credibility; The Strategy of Perseverance; Part Five: Conclusions; The Lessons of Vietnam; Documentary Appendix; Bibliographical Note; Notes; Index; Back Cover.