The irony of Vietnam
| Titel: | The irony of Vietnam [Elektronische Ressource] : the system worked / Leslie H. Gelb with Richard K. Betts |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Washington, D.C : Brookings Institution, 1979 |
| Umfang: | XI, 387 S. |
| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Vorliegende Ausgabe: | Online-Ausg.: 2001. - Online-Ressource. |
| ISBN: | 0585341869 (Sekundärausgabe) ; 9780585341866 (Sekundärausgabe) ; 9780815730729 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Inhaltsbeschreibung der Sammlung und Zugangshinweise
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- Foreword
- p. vii
- Abbreviations
- p. xii
- Introduction
- p. 1
- Part 1
- Decisions: Getting into Vietnam
- p. 7
- Chapter 1
- Patterns, Dilemmas, and Explanations
- p. 24
- Chapter 2
- Recurrent Patterns and Dilemmas from Roosevelt to Eisenhower
- p. 27
- Chapter 3
- Picking Up the Torch: the Kennedy Administration
- p. 69
- Chapter 4
- Intervention in Force: the Johnson Administration, I
- p. 96
- Chapter 5
- Coming Home to Roost: the Johnson Administration, II
- p. 144
- Part 2
- Goals: the Imperative Not to Lose
- p. 179
- Chapter 6
- National Security Goals and Stakes
- p. 181
- Chapter 7
- Domestic Political Stakes
- p. 201
- Chapter 8
- the Bureaucracy and the Inner Circle
- p. 227
- Part 3
- Means: the Minimum Necessary and the Maximum Feasible
- p. 247
- Chapter 9
- Constraints
- p. 249
- Chapter 10
- Pressures and the President
- p. 272
- Part 4
- Perceptions: Realism, Hope, and Compromise
- p. 297
- Chapter 11
- Optimism, Pessimism, and Credibility
- p. 299
- Chapter 12
- the Strategy of Perseverance
- p. 323
- Part 5
- Conclusions
- p. 345
- Chapter 13
- the Lessons of Vietnam
- p. 347
- Documentary Appendix
- p. 371
- Bibliographical Note
- p. 375
- Index
- p. 377
