Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam : the unmaking of a President / Herbert Y. Schandler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schandler, Herbert Y., 1928- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Standardized Title:

Unmaking of a president

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

United States--Politics and government--1963-1969.

United States.

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the events that led up to the day--March 31, 1968--when Lyndon Johnson dramatically renounced any attempt to be reelected president of the United States. It offers one of the best descriptions of U.S. policy surrounding the Tet offensive of that fateful March--a historic turning point in the war in Vietnam that led directly to the end of American military intervention.Originally published in 1977.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

One. The Decision to Intervene, 1964-1965

Two. The Search for a Strategic Concept, 1965-1967

Three. The Eve of Tet

Four. The Tet Offensive and United States Reaction

Five. Emergency Augmentation

Six. The Troop Request

Seven. The Clifford Task Force: A-to-Z Reassessment

Eight. The President Ponders

Nine. The Climate of Opinion

Ten. Politics and Economics

Eleven. End of a Strategy

Twelve. The Bombing Pause

Thirteen. Search for a Strategy

Fourteen. The Wise Men

Fifteen. The President Makes a Decision

Sixteen. Continuity or Change?

Seventeen. Explaining the Decision-Making Process

Appendixes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

"Original title: The unmaking of a President."

"First Princeton Paperback printing, 1983."

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 355-401.

ISBN:

9780691641065

0691641064

9781400856824

1400856825

OCLC:

889254632