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The Vietnam War : a study in the making of American policy / Michael P. Sullivan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sullivan, Michael P., 1942- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1985.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The war in Vietnam achieved almost none of the goals the American decision-makers formulated, and it cost more than 56,000 American lives. Yet, until recently, Americans have preferred to ignore the causes and consequences of this disaster by treating the war as an aberration in United States foreign policy, an unfortunate but unique mistake.What are the ""lessons"" of Vietnam? Many previous discussions have focused on narrow or misleading questions, rehashing military decisions, for example, or offering blow-by-blow accounts of Washington infighting, or castigating foreign-policy decision-mak
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Vietnam: Competing Perspectives; 2 Vietnam as Vital: Myth or Reality?; 3 Decision-Making Models: Rational Policy or Quagmire?; 4 Moods and Public Opinion: Background for Decisions; 5 The Vietnam War, the Cold War, and Long-Term Trends; 6 The Lessons of Vietnam; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813182193
- 0813182190
- 9780813164717
- 0813164710
- OCLC:
- 900345317
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