Goldstein, Gordon M.

Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam.

New York, Times Books, 2008. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 301 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Includes the following contents: – The Kennedy and Johnson Administration, 1961-65 / Introduction – Legend of the Establishment / Lesson one – Counselors Advise but Presidents Decide / Lesson Two – Never Trust the Bureaucracy to Get It Right / Lesson Three Politics Is the Enemy of Strategy / Lesson Four – Conviction Without Rigor Is a Strategy for Disaster / Lesson Five – Never Deploy Military Means in Pursuit of Indeterminate Ends / Lesson Six – Intervention Is a Presidential Choice, Not an Inevitability / Notes / Acknowledgments / Index.

A revelatory look at the pivotal decisions that led to America’s entanglement in Vietnam, drawing on the insights and reassessments of one of the war’s architects and charting vital lessons for the comtemporary application of U.S.power. (inside cover).

• Keywords: anti-colonialist · Communism · Foreign Policy · historical · John F. Kennedy · Lyndon B. Johnson · nationalistic · Politics · Power · Presidents · The White House · Vietnam
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9780805079715
• Inventory Number: 78135AB

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