TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jones,Howard
TI  - Death of a generation: how the assassinations of Diem and JFK prolonged the Vietnam War 
SN  - 0195052862
AV  - DS557.7 .J67 2003
U1  - 959.7043 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Kennedy, John F.
KW  - Ngô, Đình Diệm,
KW  - Vietnam War, 1961-1975
N1  - 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
ER  -