The irony of Vietnam : the system worked / Leslie H. Gelb with Richard K. Betts.

By: Gelb, Leslie H Contributor(s): Betts, Richard K, 1947- [joint author.]Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Washington : Brookings Institution, c1979. Description: xi, 387 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0815730721.; 0815730713; 9780815730712Subject(s): Vietnam War, 1961-1975 | United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam | Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United StatesDDC classification: 327.730597 LOC classification: E183.8.V5 | G4Online resources: WorldCat details

Contents:

TOC Part 1. Decisions : getting into Vietnam. Patterns, dilemmas, and explanations -- Recurrent patterns and dilemmas from Roosevelt to Eisenhower -- Picking up the torch : the Kennedy administration -- Intervention in force : the Johnson administration, I -- Coming home to roost : the Johnson Administration, II -- pt. 2.Goals : the imperative not to lose. National security goals and stakes -- Domestic political stakes -- The bureaucracy and the inner circle -- pt. 3. Means : the minimum necessary and the maximum feasible. Constraints -- Pressures and the president -- pt. 4. Perceptions : realism, hope, and compromise. Optimism, pessimism, and credibility -- The strategy of perseverance -- pt. 5. Conclusions -- Documentary appendix

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Gelb, Leslie H.
Irony of Vietnam.
Washington : Brookings Institution, c1979
(OCoLC)643967425

Includes bibliographical references and index.

TOC Part 1. Decisions : getting into Vietnam. Patterns, dilemmas, and explanations --
Recurrent patterns and dilemmas from Roosevelt to Eisenhower --
Picking up the torch : the Kennedy administration --
Intervention in force : the Johnson administration, I --
Coming home to roost : the Johnson Administration, II --
pt. 2.Goals : the imperative not to lose. National security goals and stakes --
Domestic political stakes --
The bureaucracy and the inner circle --
pt. 3. Means : the minimum necessary and the maximum feasible. Constraints --
Pressures and the president --
pt. 4. Perceptions : realism, hope, and compromise. Optimism, pessimism, and credibility --
The strategy of perseverance --
pt. 5. Conclusions --
Documentary appendix

Summary:
Subscribe to "Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs" Designed to reach a wide audience of scholars and policymakers, each issue of this new series contains cutting-edge, accessible studies on urban sprawl, crime, taxes, education, poverty, and related subjects.

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