Synopsis
A thoroughly documented account of how Lyndon B. Johnson and his principal advisers turned the problem of Vietnam into a full-scale American war, written by a distinguished army officer (decorated for bravery in Operation Desert Storm) and West Point instructor.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-05-01 |
| Size | | Height: | 7.3 in | | Width: | 5.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 5.6 oz |
Publisher's Note
An insightful analysis of how and why the U.S. became involved in the war in Southeast Asia outlines the policies and decisions that embroiled America in the conflict and examines the roles of Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, and others in deceiving the American public. Read by H. R. McMaster. Simultaneous.
Industry Reviews
"A fabulous piece of scholarship. This book will open a whole new chapter in our study of Vietnam."
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"Vietnam did not simply happen; it was not an accident. Men of power and responsibility caused that disastrous war and left their fingerprints all over it--and here are their names and what they did and said and decided in secret."
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"H.R. McMaster's incisive and brilliantly researched analysis demonstrates conclusively that when Robert S. McNamara said, in his belated apologia, that he had been 'wrong, terribly wrong,' he still didn't have it right. What he should have said was that he and his crowd had been 'incompetent, terribly incompetent' and 'deceitful, terribly deceitful."
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"A stunning book: eloquent, appropriately angry, and highly effective. The word NOBLE would not be going to far."
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"A relentless, stinging indictment of the usual Johnson administration Vietnam war suspects."
Kakutani
"Forthright and honorable individuals like McMaster represent the best hope that succeeding generations of American military officers and those civilian officers who properly direct them will learn from the profoundly human, but no less serious, mistakes of those flawed but not villainous officials who came before them."
Tuttle
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