Gelb, Leslie H.   1937-2019 <br/><br/>
The irony of Vietnam :  the system worked / 
Leslie H. Gelb, with Richard K. Betts ; foreword by Fareed Zakaria. 
 - 2nd edition. 
 - xxii, 412 pages ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I. 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 II. The imperative not to lose -- National security goals and stakes -- Domestic political stakes -- The bureaucracy and the inner circle -- Part III. Means: the minimum necessary and the maximum feasible -- Constraints -- Pressures and the president -- Part IV. Perceptions: realism, hope, and compromise -- Optimism, pessimism, and credibility -- The strategy of perseverance -- Part V. Conclusions -- The lessons of Vietnam. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780815726784 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0815726783 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Vietnam War, 1961-1975.<br/>Guerra de Vietnam, 1961-1975
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam.<br/>Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States.<br/>Estados Unidos --Relaciones exteriores--Vietnam.<br/>Vietnam--Relaciones exteriores--Estados Unidos.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>438 E 183.8  / G314i 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>327.730597