Death of a generation : how the assassinations of Diem and JFK prolonged the Vietnam War /
Jones, Howard, 1940-
Death of a generation : how the assassinations of Diem and JFK prolonged the Vietnam War / Howard Jones. - x, 562 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-546) and index.
Introduction : toward a tragedy -- Counterinsurgency in South Vietnam : averting a quagmire -- Democracy at bay : Diem as mandarin -- Counteraction to counterinsurgency : the military solution -- Waging a secret war -- Subterfuge in the delta -- Strange seduction of Vietnam -- Decent veil of hypocrisy -- De-Americanizing the secret war -- From escalation to disengagement -- End of the tunnel? A comprehensive plan for South Vietnam -- Mandate from heaven? The Buddhist crisis and the demise of de-escalation -- Fire this time -- Road to a coup -- At the brink of a coup--again -- Toward a partial withdrawal -- President Kennedy's decision to withdraw -- Fall of the house of Ngo -- Conclusion : the tragedy of JFK.
0195052862 9780195052862
2002014475
Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963 --Assassination.
Ngô, Đình Diệm, 1901-1963 --Assassination.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
DS557.7 / .J67 2003
959.7043
Death of a generation : how the assassinations of Diem and JFK prolonged the Vietnam War / Howard Jones. - x, 562 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-546) and index.
Introduction : toward a tragedy -- Counterinsurgency in South Vietnam : averting a quagmire -- Democracy at bay : Diem as mandarin -- Counteraction to counterinsurgency : the military solution -- Waging a secret war -- Subterfuge in the delta -- Strange seduction of Vietnam -- Decent veil of hypocrisy -- De-Americanizing the secret war -- From escalation to disengagement -- End of the tunnel? A comprehensive plan for South Vietnam -- Mandate from heaven? The Buddhist crisis and the demise of de-escalation -- Fire this time -- Road to a coup -- At the brink of a coup--again -- Toward a partial withdrawal -- President Kennedy's decision to withdraw -- Fall of the house of Ngo -- Conclusion : the tragedy of JFK.
0195052862 9780195052862
2002014475
Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963 --Assassination.
Ngô, Đình Diệm, 1901-1963 --Assassination.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
DS557.7 / .J67 2003
959.7043