The war council : McGeorge Bundy, the NSC, and Vietnam /

"Was the Vietnam War unavoidable? Historians have long assumed that ideological views and the momentum of events made American intervention inevitable. By examining the role of McGeorge Bundy and the National Security Council, Andrew Preston demonstrates that policymakers escalated the conflict...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Preston, Andrew, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.
Temas:
Bundy, McGeorge.
Bundy, McGeorge, > 1919-1996.
Bundy, MacGeorge > Etats-Unis. National Security Council > Etats-Unis > guerre du Vietnam.
National Security Council (U.S.)
USA > National Security Council
1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Politics and government
Vietnamkrieg
Vietnam-oorlog.
Buitenlandse politiek.
Nationale veiligheid.
National Security Council.
politique étrangère > Etats-Unis > guerre du Vietnam.
United States > Politics and government > 1961-1963.
United States > Politics and government > 1963-1969.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1961-1963.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1963-1969.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.
Vietnam.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The mentor: Stimson's influence on Bundy-- A foreign office in microcosm: creating the National Security Adviser and re-creating the NSC staff
  • Learning to fear the bomb: Kennedy's crises and the origins of detente
  • The hawk: Rostow and the first attempt at Americanization
  • The soft hawk: Forrestal and nonmilitary escalation
  • Bundy the adviser: the drift to war
  • Bundy the advocate: the rush to war
  • Bundy ambivalent: rolling thunder, student unrest, and the decision to commit troops
  • Bundy resilient: the bombing pause and the continuing search for a successful policy
  • Legacies.

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