دانلود کتاب The Irony of Vietnam: The System Worked

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Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright Information
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface to the Classic Edition
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One: Decisions: Getting into Vietnam
Patterns, Dilemmas, and Explanations
Recurrent Patterns and Dilemmas from Roosevelt to Eisenhower
Picking Up the Torch: The Kennedy Administration
Intervention in Force: The Johnson Administration, I
Coming Home to Roost: The Johnson Administration, II
Part Two: Goals: The Imperative Not to Lose
National Security Goals and Stakes
Domestic Political Stakes
The Bureaucracy and the Inner Circle
Part 3: Means: The Minimum Necessary and the Maximum Feasible
Constraints
Pressures and the President
Part Four: Perceptions: Realism, Hope, and Compromise
Optimism, Pessimism, and Credibility
The Strategy of Perseverance
Part Five: Conclusions
The Lessons of Vietnam
Documentary Appendix
Bibliographical Note
Notes
Index
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