02430cam a2200433 i 4500 4564 4564 BJBSDDR 20230404125759.0 ta 160505s2016 dcu b 001 0 eng 9780815726784 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0815726783 (pbk. : alk. paper) 19083522 DLC eng DLC spa pcc a-vt--- n-us--- 438 E 183.8 G314i 2016 327.730597 Gelb, Leslie H. (Leslie Howard), 1937-2019 The irony of Vietnam : the system worked / Leslie H. Gelb, with Richard K. Betts ; foreword by Fareed Zakaria. 2nd edition. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016] xxii, 412 pages ; 22 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Vietnam War, 1961-1975. Guerra de Vietnam, 1961-1975 6184 United States Foreign relations Vietnam. Vietnam Foreign relations United States. Estados Unidos Relaciones exteriores Vietnam. 74 Vietnam Relaciones exteriores Estados Unidos. 6185 Betts, Richard K. (Richard Kevin), 1947- coautor 4218 Zakaria, Fareed Rafiq, 1964- prologuista 2446 Online version: Gelb, Leslie H., author. Irony of Vietnam Second edition. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2016 9780815726791 (DLC) 2016021445 lcc BK 0 0 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-04 0 438 E 183.8 G314i 2016 00000114567 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 BK