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A grand delusion America's descent into Vietnam Robert Mann.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Basic Books c2001.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 821 pages, [16] p. of plates illustrations 25 cmISBN:
  • 0465043690 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 959.7043 21
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Contents:
The little pipsqueak: February 1965 pt. 1. The roots of war The "loss" of China: 1949-1950 Paralyzed with fear: 1950 Korea: 1950 The part-time isolationists: 1951 pt. 2. The initial descent Nothing but a grim joke: 1945-1950 The keystone in Southeast Asia: 1951 A great crusade: 1951-1952 Pouring money down a rat hole: 1953 Pouring money down a rat hole: 1953 You shall not fight unaided: 1953 La Guerre sale: 1954 We cannot engage in active war: 1954 Diplomacy of bluster and retreat: 1954 The best available prime minister: 1954-1955 This is our offspring: 1955-1956 A blank grant of power: 1957-1958 Nothing more than a mirage: 1958-1960 pt. 3. Into the morass Vietnam is the place: 1961 You're just crazier than hell: 1961 A world of illusion: 1962 The beginning of the beginning 1962 You did visit the same country, didn't you?: 1963 A stone rolling downhill: 1963 pt. 4. Escalation and deception Get in, get out, or get off: 1963-1964 The damn worst mess I ever saw: 1964 Aggression unchallenged is aggression unleashed: 1964 No wider war: 1964-1965 Harder choices: 1965 We are very deep already: 1965 This could be quagmire: 1965 Sliding farther into the morass of war: 1965 Let them know they are in a war: 1966 Once our flag is committed: 1966 Where does it all end?: 1966-1967 There is a rot in the fabric: 1967 A very near thing: 1968 Everyone has turned into a dove: 1968 The vice president has very few guns: 1968 pt. 5. Nixon's war -- Win the peace: 1969 This chamber reeks of blood: 1970 We'll bomb the bastards off the earth: 1970-1971 Peace is at hand: 1972 A spirit of doubt and contrition: 1972-1975.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 787-799) and index.

The little pipsqueak: February 1965 pt. 1. The roots of war The "loss" of China: 1949-1950 Paralyzed with fear: 1950 Korea: 1950 The part-time isolationists: 1951 pt. 2. The initial descent Nothing but a grim joke: 1945-1950 The keystone in Southeast Asia: 1951 A great crusade: 1951-1952 Pouring money down a rat hole: 1953 Pouring money down a rat hole: 1953 You shall not fight unaided: 1953 La Guerre sale: 1954 We cannot engage in active war: 1954 Diplomacy of bluster and retreat: 1954 The best available prime minister: 1954-1955 This is our offspring: 1955-1956 A blank grant of power: 1957-1958 Nothing more than a mirage: 1958-1960 pt. 3. Into the morass Vietnam is the place: 1961 You're just crazier than hell: 1961 A world of illusion: 1962 The beginning of the beginning 1962 You did visit the same country, didn't you?: 1963 A stone rolling downhill: 1963 pt. 4. Escalation and deception Get in, get out, or get off: 1963-1964 The damn worst mess I ever saw: 1964 Aggression unchallenged is aggression unleashed: 1964 No wider war: 1964-1965 Harder choices: 1965 We are very deep already: 1965 This could be quagmire: 1965 Sliding farther into the morass of war: 1965 Let them know they are in a war: 1966 Once our flag is committed: 1966 Where does it all end?: 1966-1967 There is a rot in the fabric: 1967 A very near thing: 1968 Everyone has turned into a dove: 1968 The vice president has very few guns: 1968 pt. 5. Nixon's war -- Win the peace: 1969 This chamber reeks of blood: 1970 We'll bomb the bastards off the earth: 1970-1971 Peace is at hand: 1972 A spirit of doubt and contrition: 1972-1975.

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