"I made mistakes" : Robert McNamara's Vietnam War policy, 1960-1968 /
Speaking to an advisor in 1966 about America's escalation of forces in Vietnam, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara confessed: 'We've made mistakes in Vietnam ... I've made mistakes. But the mistakes I made are not the ones they say I made'. In 'I Made Mistakes'...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2019.
|
| Series: | Cambridge studies in US foreign relations.
|
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2046156 |
| Summary: | Speaking to an advisor in 1966 about America's escalation of forces in Vietnam, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara confessed: 'We've made mistakes in Vietnam ... I've made mistakes. But the mistakes I made are not the ones they say I made'. In 'I Made Mistakes', Aurélie Basha i Novosejt provides a fresh and controversial examination of Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara's decisions during the Vietnam War. Although McNamara is remembered as the architect of the Vietnam War, Novosejt draws on new sources - including the diaries of his advisor and confidant John T. McNaughton - to reveal a man who resisted the war more than most. As Secretary of Defense, he did not want the costs of the war associated with a new international commitment in Vietnam, but he sacrificed these misgivings to instead become the public face of the war out of a sense of loyalty to the President. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Mar 2019). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-315) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108234108 1108234100 9781108246484 1108246486 9781108401555 9781108415538 1108415539 1108401554 |