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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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | [Rev. ed.]. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Haunting Legacy : |b Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama / |c Marvin Kalb, Deborah Kalb. |
| 250 | |a [Rev. ed.]. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Washington, D.C. : |b Brookings Institution Press, |c 2012. | |
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| 264 | 4 | |c ©2012. | |
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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." | |
| 520 | |a 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 the decision of whether to put ""boots on the ground"" and commit troops to war. In Haunting Legacy, the father-daughter journalist team of Marvin Kalb and Deborah Kalb presents a compelling, accessible, and hugely important history of presidential decisionmaking on one crucial issue: in light of the Vi | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
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| 650 | 7 | |a Politics and government |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 | |
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| 650 | 7 | |a Diplomatic relations. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01907412 | |
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| 650 | 7 | |a HISTORY |x Military |x Vietnam War. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a HISTORY |z United States |y 20th Century. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 |x Influence. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Presidents |z États-Unis |x Prise de decision |x Histoire |y 21e siecle. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Presidents |z États-Unis |x Prise de decision |x Histoire |y 20e siecle. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |x Influence. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Presidents |z United States |x Decision making |x History |y 21st century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Presidents |z United States |x Decision making |x History |y 20th century. | |
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| 651 | 6 | |a États-Unis |x Relations exterieures |y 1945-1989. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Politics and government |y 1989- | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Politics and government |y 1945-1989. | |
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| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Foreign relations |y 1945-1989. | |
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