Name: Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam
Price: 798.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: Goldstein, Gordon M.
ISBN: 9780805090871

portada Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam

Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam

Type

Physical Book

Author

Gordon M. Goldstein

Publisher

Holt McDougal

Language

English

Pages

320

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.39 kg.

ISBN

0805090878

ISBN13

9780805090871

Synopsis "Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam "

A revelatory look at the decisions that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, drawing on the insights and reassessments of one of the war's architects I had a part in a great failure. I made mistakes of perception, recommendation and execution. If I have learned anything I should share it. These are not words that Americans ever expected to hear from McGeorge Bundy, the national security adviser to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. But in the last years of his life, Bundy--the only principal architect of Vietnam strategy to have maintained his public silence--decided to revisit the decisions that had led to war and to look anew at the role he played. He enlisted the collaboration of the political scientist Gordon M. Goldstein, and together they explored what happened and what might have been. With Bundy's death in 1996, that manuscript could not be completed, but Goldstein has built on their collaboration in an original and provocative work of presidential history that distills the essential lessons of America's involvement in Vietnam. Drawing on Goldstein's prodigious research as well as the interviews and analysis he conducted with Bundy, Lessons in Disaster is a historical tour de force on the uses and misuses of American power. And in our own era, in the wake of presidential decisions that propelled the United States into another war under dubious pretexts, these lessons offer instructive guidance that we must heed if we are not to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Customers reviews

Have you read this book? Login to add your review.

More customer reviews

0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)

Questions and Answers about the Book

Do you have a question about the book? Login to be able to add your own question.

Opinions about Bookdelivery

More customer reviews

Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam - Goldstein, Gordon M.

Synopsis "Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam "

Customers reviews

Frequently Asked Questions about the Book

Is the book original?

In what language is the book written?

What is the format of this book?

Questions and Answers about the Book

Opinions about Bookdelivery