The Vietnam War Debate - Hans J. Morgenthau and the Attempt to Halt the Drift into Disaster

This book explores how America's national leadership, mesmerized by the mythology of monolithic communism, failed the American people. It demonstrates with detailed archival sources how three administrations refused to consider the arguments of the central critic of the war who proved that the war should never have been fought because Vietnam was never a vital American security interest. That critic, Hans J. Morgenthau, is the centerpiece of this study who participated in the teach-in movement, wrote articles, engaged in public debate in the attempt to prevent the impending tragedy in Vietnam.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Acknowledgements
2 Author's Note
3 Preface
4 Chapter 1: Background to a Needless War
5 Chapter 2: Morgenthau and Bundy: The Harvard Dean Fails the Vietnam Reality Test
6 Chapter 3: Media Neglect of the National Interest
7 Chapter 4: Morgenthau and Schlesinger and the National Interest
8 Chapter 5: Morgenthau and the Council on Foreign Relations
9 Chapter 6: Morgenthau's Influence, Fulbright's Conversion and the Stupidity of Smart Men
10 Chapter 7: "What I have said recently, I have been saying for years without anybody paying attention."
11 Epilogue
12 Bibliography
13 Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Louis B. Zimmer

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Louis Zimmer, Louis B Zimmer, Louis B. Zimmer
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.11.2011
• EAN: 9780739137697
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-3769-7
• Seiten: 418
• Abmessung: 159 mm x 241 mm x 38 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; USA, Vietnam, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Asian History, History of the Americas, c 1960 to c 1969, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Vietnam War, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General