Masters of war : military dissent and politics in the Vietnam era /
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| Format: | Llibre |
| Idioma: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1996.
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Taula de continguts:
- 1. Introduction: Losing Battles and Winning Wars
- 2. Prologue to Tragedy: U.S. Military Opposition to Intervention in Vietnam, 1950-1954
- 3. Preparing for and Avoiding War: Military Affairs and Politics in Vietnam and the United States, 1955-1960
- 4. Pinning Down the President: JFK, the Military, and Political Maneuvering over Vietnam, January-October 1961
- 5. The Best and Worst of Times: The U.S. War against Vietnam, October 1961-November 1963
- 6. "Seeing Things Through in Vietnam": LBJ, the Military, and the Growing U.S. Commitment to Vietnam, November 1963-December 1964
- 7. Hope for the Best, Expect the Worst: U.S. Ground Troops Enter the Vietnam War, January-July 1965
- 8. War on Three Fronts: U.S. Forces versus the Viet Cong, Westmoreland versus the Marines, and Military Leaders versus the White House, July 1965-December 1966
- 9. "The Platform of False Prophets Is Crowded": Public Hope and Private Despair in Vietnam, 1967.
- 10. The Myth of Tet: Military Failure and the Politics of War
- 11. Conclusion: Bringing It All Back Home
- Epilogue: "This Is a Real War": Military Dissent and Politics after Vietnam.