02351cam a2200409 i 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020003800069020003500107035001300142040001800155041000800173042000800181043002100189050002800210082001500238100005100253245011700304250001700421264006100438300002900499336002600528337002800554338002700582504005100609505074800660650002801408650003301436651004701469651004701516651005301563651005201616700005701668700004801725776016801773BJBSDDR20230404125759.0ta160505s2016    dcu      b    001 0 eng    a9780815726784 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a0815726783 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a19083522  aDLCbengcDLC  aspa  apcc  aa-vt---an-us---00a438 E 183.8bG314i 201600a327.7305971 aGelb, Leslie H. q(Leslie Howard), d1937-201914aThe irony of Vietnam :bthe system worked /cLeslie H. Gelb, with Richard K. Betts ; foreword by Fareed Zakaria.  a2nd edition. 1aWashington, D.C. :bBrookings Institution Press,c[2016]  axxii, 412 pages ;c22 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aPart 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. 0aVietnam War, 1961-1975. 0aGuerra de Vietnam, 1961-1975 0aUnited StatesxForeign relationszVietnam. 0aVietnamxForeign relationszUnited States. 4aEstados Unidos xRelaciones exterioreszVietnam. 4aVietnamxRelaciones exterioreszEstados Unidos.1 aBetts, Richard K.q(Richard Kevin), d1947-ecoautor1 aZakaria, Fareed Rafiq, d1964-eprologuista08iOnline version:aGelb, Leslie H., author.tIrony of VietnambSecond edition.dWashington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2016z9780815726791w(DLC) 2016021445