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Death of a generation : how the assassinations of Diem and JFK prolonged the Vietnam War / Howard Jones.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003Description: x, 562 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0195052862
  • 9780195052862
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 959.7043 21
LOC classification:
  • DS557.7 .J67 2003
Contents:
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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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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