War Council - Mcgeorge Bundy, the Nsc, and Vietnam

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Preston Klappentext By examining the role of McGeorge Bundy and the NSC, Preston demonstrates that policymakers escalated the conflict in Vietnam in the face of internal opposition, external pressures, and a continually failing strategy. This book has two inseparable themes: the acquisition and consolidation of power; and how that power is exercised. Zusammenfassung By examining the role of McGeorge Bundy and the NSC! Preston demonstrates that policymakers escalated the conflict in Vietnam in the face of internal opposition! external pressures! and a continually failing strategy. This book has two inseparable themes: the acquisition and consolidation of power; and how that power is exercised. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Mentor: Henry L. Stimson's Influence on Bundy 2. A Foreign Office in Microcosm: Creating the National Security Adviser and Recreating the NSC Staff 3. Learning to Fear the Bomb: Kennedy's Crises and the Origins of Detente 4. The Hawk: Walt Rostow and the First Attempt at Americanization 5. The Soft Hawk: Michael Forrestal and Non-Military Escalation 6. Bundy the Adviser: The Drift to War 7. Bundy the Advocate: The Rush to War 8. Bundy Ambivalent: Rolling Thunder! Student Unrest! and the Decision to Commit Troops 9. Bundy Resilient: The Bombing Pause and the Continuing Search for a Successful Policy Epilogue: Legacies Abbreviations Notes Bibliography of Primary Sources Index

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• Autori: Andrew Preston, Preston Andrew
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.04.2010
• EAN: 9780674046320
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04632-0
• Pagine: 336
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche comparate e internazionali; Vietnam, History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, International Relations, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Specific wars and campaigns, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War