1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996388277403316

Titolo

The diary being an exact summary of the particular proceedings of our armies in England, Ireland, and Scotland; as also of our forces at sea ... [Issue 1]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Printed by Bernard Alsop

England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797023503321

Autore

Hess Gary R.

Titolo

Vietnam : explaining America's lost war / / Gary R. Hess

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015

2015

ISBN

1-118-94900-5

1-118-94901-3

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (502 p.)

Collana

Contesting the Past

Classificazione

253.07

959.704/3

Disciplina

959.704/3

Soggetti

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Influence

National security - United States

United States Politics and government 1945-1989

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 2009

Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-220) and index

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

From the Streets to the Books : The Origins of an Enduring Debate -- A Necessary War or a Mistaken War? -- "Kennedy Exceptionalism,"



"Missed Opportunity for Peace," or "Lost Victory?" : The Movement toward War, 1961-1965 -- The Revisionist Critique of the "Strategy for Defeat" : The Clausewitzian Alternative -- The Revisionist Critique of the "Other War" : The "Hearts and Minds" Prescription for Victory -- The Media and the War : Irresponsible or Balanced Journalism? -- The Tet Offensive : Decisive American Victory or Devastating Loss? -- Nixon-Kissinger and the Ending of the War : A "Lost Victory" or "Neither Peace nor Honor?" -- Conclusion: The War's "Lessons".

Sommario/riassunto

"Assesses the lessons learned from this war, and how these lessons have affected American national security policy since"--