"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'...

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Päätekijä: Basha i Novosejt, Aurélie, 1981- (Tekijä)
Aineistotyyppi: Licensed eBooks
Kieli:englanti
Julkaistu: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Sarja:Cambridge studies in US foreign relations.
Linkit:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2046156
Sisällysluettelo:
  • The history of the OSD, 1947-1961
  • Civilian control
  • Continuity and change
  • Taking charge of Vietnam policy
  • When military problems become economic problems
  • The fall of 1963
  • McNamara's transition into the Johnson Administration
  • Decisions, indecisions, visions and revisions
  • McNamara in crisis, 1966-1968
  • Conclusion.