Vietnam Explaining America's Lost War.

3 "Kennedy Exceptionalism," "Missed Opportunity for Peace," or "Lost Victory?": The Movement toward War, 1961-1965 -- The Orthodox Narrative -- The "Quagmire" Interpretation: Leaders Caught in Tragedy -- "Kennedy Exceptionalism": Disengagement as An...

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Autor principal: Hess, Gary R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title page
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 From the Streets to the Books: The Origins of an Enduring Debate
  • Debating the War, 1965-1968: The Power-Morality Issue
  • The Battle of the Books: Doves and Hawks
  • Revisionism: The "Noble Cause" and "If-Only" History
  • The Orthodox School: A "Mistaken Commitment" and an "Unwinnable War"
  • Approaching the Problem: Seven Key Issues
  • Summary
  • 2 A Necessary War ora Mistaken War?
  • Origins of Commitment: Regional and Global Contexts
  • The Revisionist Case for the "Necessary War"
  • The Orthodox Case for the "Mistaken War"
  • 4 The Revisionist Critique of the "Strategy for Defeat": The Clausewitzian Alternative
  • Westmoreland: The "General Who Lost The War" or "Good General, Bad War?"
  • The Ground War in South Vietnam: The Limits of Search-and-Destroy
  • The Air War against North Vietnam: The Limits of Rolling Thunder
  • The Revisionist Position: The Strategy for Victory
  • The Response to Revisionism: Ill-Founded and Risky "If-Only" History
  • Summary
  • 5 The Revisionist Critique of the "Other War": The "Hearts-and-Minds" Prescription for Victory
  • Wartime Proponents of the "Other War"
  • The Arguments for the Hearts-and-Minds Strategy
  • Critique of Hearts-and-Minds: The Limits of American Influence
  • Summary
  • 6 The Media and the War: Irresponsible or Balanced Journalism?
  • Wartime Leaders' Criticism of the Media
  • The Revisionist Denunciation of Irresponsible Journalism
  • The Response: Supportive and Balanced Reporting
  • Summary
  • 7 The Tet Offensive: Decisive American Victory or Devastating Loss?
  • Revisionism: The Failure to Exploit a Military Advantage
  • Orthodoxy: A Crippling Loss
  • Summary
  • 8 Nixon-Kissinger and the Ending of the War: A "Lost Victory" or "Neither Peace nor Honor?"
  • Nixon, Kissinger, and the Origins of Revisionism
  • The Revisionist Case for the "Lost Victory"
  • The Orthodox "Neither Peace nor Honor" Interpretation
  • Summary
  • 9 Conclusion: The War's "Lessons"
  • The Weinberger- Powell Doctrine
  • Petraeus and Counter-Insurgency Doctrine
  • Historians and the War's Lessons
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • End User License Agreement

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