Death of a generation : how the assassinations of Diem and JFK prolonged the Vietnam War / Howard Jones.
Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003Description: x, 562 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0195052862
- 9780195052862
- 959.7043 21
- DS557.7 .J67 2003
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 959.7043 JON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A261508B |
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.
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