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Haunting legacy : Vietnam and the American presidency from Ford to Obama /

The United States had never lost a war-that is, until 1975, when it was forced to flee Saigon in humiliation after losing to what Lyndon Johnson called a ""raggedy-ass little fourth-rate country."" The legacy of this first defeat has haunted every president since, especially on t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kalb, Marvin L.
Autor Corporativo: Brookings Institution
Otros Autores: Kalb, Deborah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2012.
Edición:[Rev. ed.].
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction -- Ford : finally, the war ends -- Ford and the mini-challenge of the Mayaguez -- Carter, Brzezinski, and Russia's Vietnam -- Reagan, Grenada, Lebanon, and the marines -- Bush I : burying Vietnam -- Clinton : the first baby-boomer president -- Bush II : boots on the ground -- 2004 : the Swift boat Campaign -- Obama : "Afghanistan is not Vietnam" -- "Good enough." 
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