The the system worked Gelb, Leslie H. (Leslie Howard) 1937-2019 creator Betts, Richard K. (Richard Kevin) 1947- coautor Zakaria, Fareed Rafiq 1964- prologuista text bibliography dcu 2016 2nd edition. monographic eng spa

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xxii, 412 pages ; 22 cm 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. Leslie H. Gelb, with Richard K. Betts ; foreword by Fareed Zakaria. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-vt--- n-us--- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Guerra de Vietnam, 1961-1975 United States Foreign relations Vietnam Vietnam Foreign relations United States Estados Unidos Relaciones exteriores Vietnam Vietnam Relaciones exteriores Estados Unidos 438 E 183.8 G314i 2016 327.730597 Gelb, Leslie H., author. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2016 Second edition. (DLC) 2016021445 9780815726784 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0815726783 (pbk. : alk. paper) DLC 160505 20230404125759.0 eng