Jones, Howard,  1940- <br/><br/>
Death of a generation :  how the assassinations of Diem and JFK prolonged the Vietnam War / 
Howard Jones. 
 - x, 562 pages :  illustrations, map ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-546) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195052862 9780195052862 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002014475 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963 --Assassination.<br/>Ngô, Đình Diệm, 1901-1963 --Assassination.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Vietnam War, 1961-1975
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS557.7  / .J67 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>959.7043