Description |
x, 16 unnumbered pages of plates, 562 pages : 1 map, photographs ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Introduction : toward a tragedy -- Counterinsurgency in South Vietnam : averting a quagmire -- Democracy at bay : Diem as mandarin -- Counteraction to counterinsurgency : the military solution -- Waging a secret war -- Subterfuge in the delta -- Strange seduction of Vietnam -- Decent veil of hypocrisy -- De-Americanizing the secret war -- From escalation to disengagement -- End of the tunnel? A comprehensive plan for South Vietnam -- Mandate from heaven? The Buddhist crisis and the demise of de-escalation -- Fire this time -- Road to a coup -- At the brink of a coup--again -- Toward a partial withdrawal -- President Kennedy's decision to withdraw -- Fall of the house of Ngo -- Conclusion : the tragedy of JFK. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [457]-546) and index. |
Subject |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination.
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Ngô, Đình Dịêm, 1901-1963 -- Assassination.
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ISBN |
0195052862 (acid-free paper) |
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