TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gelb,Leslie H.
AU  - Betts,Richard K.
TI  - The irony of Vietnam: the system worked 
SN  - 0815730721.
AV  - E183.8.V5 G4
U1  - 327.730597 
PY  - 1979///
CY  - Washington
PB  - Brookings Institution
KW  - Vietnam War, 1961-1975
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Vietnam
N1  - Online version:
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; Sociology
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