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The irony of Vietnam [electronic resource] :the system worked / Leslie H. Gelb, with Richard K. Betts ; foreword by Fareed Zakaria.

By: Gelb, Leslie H [author.].
Contributor(s): Betts, Richard K, 1947- [joint author.] | Project Muse.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2016. 2015)Edition: Second edition.Description: 1 online resource (1 online resource.).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780815726807; 0815726805; 9780815726791.Subject(s): Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States | United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam | Vietnam War, 1961-1975Genre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 327.730597 Online resources: Full text available:
Contents:
Part I. 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 -- Part II. The imperative not to lose -- National security goals and stakes -- Domestic political stakes -- The bureaucracy and the inner circle -- Part III. Means: the minimum necessary and the maximum feasible -- Constraints -- Pressures and the president -- Part IV. Perceptions: realism, hope, and compromise -- Optimism, pessimism, and credibility -- The strategy of perseverance -- Part V. Conclusions -- The lessons of Vietnam.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. 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 -- Part II. The imperative not to lose -- National security goals and stakes -- Domestic political stakes -- The bureaucracy and the inner circle -- Part III. Means: the minimum necessary and the maximum feasible -- Constraints -- Pressures and the president -- Part IV. Perceptions: realism, hope, and compromise -- Optimism, pessimism, and credibility -- The strategy of perseverance -- Part V. Conclusions -- The lessons of Vietnam.

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