A grand Delusion - Robert Mann
America's descent into Vietnam
KORTE INHOUD
A Grand Delusion is the first comprehensive single-volume American political history of the Vietnam War. Spanning the years 1945 to 1975, it is the definitive story of the well-meaning but often misguided American political leaders whose unquestioning adherence to Cold War dogma led the nation into its tragic misadventure in Vietnam. At the center of this narrative are seven such men-Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, J. William Fulbright, Mike Mansfield, and George McGovern. During their careers, each occupied center-stage in the nation's debate over Vietnam policy.Mann focuses in particular on the role played by leading members of Congress, including senators' Mansfield and Kennedy's shaping of American policy toward Vietnam in the 1950s; Congress's acquiescence in the 1950s to the Eisenhower administration's support of the American-backed Diem government; and the blank check that Congress gave to Lyndon Johnson with the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution.Mann considers as well t...
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Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo. [Auteur: Mann, Robert] [Pagina's: 821] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: New York : Basic Books] [Jaar: 2001] [Titel: A Grand Delusion: America's Descent Into Vietnam]
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Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo. [Auteur: Mann, Robert] [Pagina's: 821] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: New York : Basic Books] [Jaar: 2001] [Titel: A Grand Delusion: America's Descent Into Vietnam]
