Wesley Fishel and Vietnam - A Great and Tragic American Experiment

In this book, Joseph G. Morgan examines the career of Wesley Fishel, a political scientist who vigorously supported American intervention in the Vietnam War, what he deemed a "great, and tragic, American experiment."

List of contents

Chapter One: "Diem Is a Keen Person," 1919-1954
Chapter Two: "I've Never Seen a Situation like This," 1954-1955
Chapter Three: "Wesley, in a Sense, Has Not Been Able to Produce," 1956-1958
Chapter Four: "A Clumsy, Bumbling Regime," 1958-1963
Chapter Five: "There Is Really No Other Choice but to Stand and Fight," 1964-1966
Chapter Six: The "Biggest Operator of them all," 1966-1968
Chapter Seven: "Off AID, Off CIA and Wesley Fishel," 1969-1970
Chapter Eight: "A Great, and Tragic, American Experiment," 1970-1977

About the author

Joseph G. Morgan is associate professor of history at Iona College.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph G. Morgan, Morgan Joseph G.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2021
• EAN: 9781498576512
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7651-2
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, Vietnam, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, International Relations, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Vietnam War, USA: Vietnam War period (c 1955 to c 1975), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War