02702nam 2200553 a 450 991082152200332120200520144314.01-280-44025-20-19-802197-61-60129-686-X(CKB)1000000000028536(EBL)271285(OCoLC)191038061(SSID)ssj0000135582(PQKBManifestationID)11135142(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000135582(PQKBWorkID)10063201(PQKB)10014160(MiAaPQ)EBC271285(Au-PeEL)EBL271285(CaPaEBR)ebr10084749(CaONFJC)MIL44025(EXLCZ)99100000000002853620020911d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDeath of a generation how the assassinations of Diem and JFK prolonged the Vietnam War /Howard Jones1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20031 online resource (593 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-505286-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-546) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Toward a Tragedy; 1 Counterinsurgency in South Vietnam: Averting a Quagmire; 2 Democracy at Bay: Diem as Mandarin; 3 Counteraction to Counterinsurgency: The Military Solution; 4 Waging a Secret War; 5 Subterfuge in the Delta; 6 The Strange Seduction of Vietnam; 7 A Decent Veil of Hypocrisy; 8 De-Americanizing the Secret War; 9 From Escalation to Disengagement; 10 End of the Tunnel? A Comprehensive Plan for South Vietnam; 11 Mandate from Heaven? The Buddhist Crisis and the Demise of De-escalation; 12 The Fire This Time 13 The Road to a Coup14 At the Brink of a Coup-Again; 15 Toward a Partial Withdrawal; 16 President Kennedy's Decision to Withdraw; 17 Fall of the House of Ngo; Conclusion: The Tragedy of JFK; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe assassination of John F. Kennedy led to the "death of a generation". The president had planned to withdraw all special forces by the end of 1965. But White House involvement in the Coup undercut the withdrawal effort and ultimately led to the war that Kennedy had sought to prevent.Vietnam War, 1961-1975Vietnam War, 1961-1975.959.704/3Jones Howard1940-1604438MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821522003321Death of a generation4109394UNINA