Loading…
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...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Corporate Author: | |
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution Press,
2012.
|
| Edition: | [Rev. ed.]. |
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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 |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | On front cover: Revised Edition. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (356 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780815724407 |