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Argument without end, in search of answers to the Vietnam tragedy, Robert S. McNamara, James G. Blight, and Robert K. Brigham

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Argument without end, in search of answers to the Vietnam tragedy, Robert S. McNamara, James G. Blight, and Robert K. Brigham

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references ([423]-454) and index

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index present

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non fiction

Main title

Argument without end

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bibliographyindexes

Oclc number

40714166

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Robert S. McNamara, James G. Blight, and Robert K. Brigham

Sub title

in search of answers to the Vietnam tragedy

Summary

In six meetings held in Hanoi, and a seventh in Italy, Robert McNamara, his colleagues in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and American's top Vietnam and military scholars met with their Vietnamese counterparts. In frank and astonishing diagolues the two groups walked step-by-step through the war, analyzing each decision and action from both sides

Table Of Contents

The theme and structure of the book -- Enemies: Washington's and Hanoi's mindsets by January 1961 -- The evolution of Washington's and Hanoi's mindsets, 1945-1960 -- A 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

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