Argument without end : in search of answers to the Vietnam tragedy / Robert S. McNamara, James G. Blight, and Robert K. Brigham
Imprint
New York : Public Affairs, c1999
Edition
1st ed
Descript
xxiii, 479 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Theme and structure of the book -- Enemies: Washington's and Hanoi's mindsets by January 1961 -- Evolution of Washington's and Hanoi's mindsets, 1945-1960 -- Neutral solution: was it possible? -- Escalation: 1961-1965 -- Negotiating initiatives, 1965-1967: why did they fail? -- U.S. military victory in Vietnam: a dangerous illusion? -- Learning from tragedy: lessons of Vietnam for the twenty-first century