The former Secretary of Defense, and leading scholars from the U.S. and Vietnam, offer a groundbreaking new study of exactly how the Vietnam War happened-- and why it could not be stopped before three million people died.
| Autor: | Biersteker, Thomas J. Blight, James G. Brigham, Robert K. McNamara, Robert S. Schandler, Colonel Herbert |
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| ISBN: | 9781891620874 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Little, Brown and Company |
| Veröffentlicht: | 19.05.2000 |
| Untertitel: | In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy |
| Schlagworte: | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political Modern warfare POLITICAL SCIENCE / Commentary & Opinion Specific wars and campaigns Vietnam Vietnam War c 1955 to c 1975 (Vietnam War period) |
Robert S. McNamara was Secretary of Defense to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, 1961-1968. James G. Blight is professor of international relations (Research), Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies, Brown University. Robert K. Brigham is associate professor of history, and director of the Program in International Relations, Vassar College. Thomas J. Biersteker is director, Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies, and Henry Luce Professor of Transnational Organizations, Brown University. Colonel Herbert Y. Schandler (USA Ret.) is professor in the Department of Grand Strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.