Mann, Robert
A grand delusion : America's descent into Vietna, America's descent into Vietnam / Robert Mann. - 1st ed. - New York Basic Books c2001 - x, 821 p., [16] p. of plates ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 787-799) and index.
The little pipsqueak: February 1965 --
pt. 1. The roots of war --
The "loss" of China: 1949-1950 --
Paralyzed with fear: 1950 --
Korea: 1950 --
The part-time isolationists: 1951 --
pt. 2. The initial descent --
Nothing but a grim joke: 1945-1950 --
The keystone in Southeast Asia: 1951 --
A great crusade: 1951-1952 --
Pouring money down a rat hole: 1953 --
Pouring money down a rat hole: 1953 --
You shall not fight unaided: 1953 --
La Guerre sale: 1954 --
We cannot engage in active war: 1954 --
Diplomacy of bluster and retreat: 1954 --
The best available prime minister: 1954-1955 --
This is our offspring: 1955-1956 --
A blank grant of power: 1957-1958 --
Nothing more than a mirage: 1958-1960 --
pt. 3. Into the morass --
Vietnam is the place: 1961 --
You're just crazier than hell: 1961 --
A world of illusion: 1962 --
The beginning of the beginning 1962 --
You did visit the same country, didn't you?: 1963 --
A stone rolling downhill: 1963 --
pt. 4. Escalation and deception --
Get in, get out, or get off: 1963-1964 --
The damn worst mess I ever saw: 1964 --
Aggression unchallenged is aggression unleashed: 1964 --
No wider war: 1964-1965 --
Harder choices: 1965 --
We are very deep already: 1965 --
This could be quagmire: 1965 --
Sliding farther into the morass of war: 1965 --
Let them know they are in a war: 1966 --
Once our flag is committed: 1966 --
Where does it all end?: 1966-1967 --
There is a rot in the fabric: 1967 --
A very near thing: 1968 --
Everyone has turned into a dove: 1968 --
The vice president has very few guns: 1968 --
pt. 5. Nixon's war --
Win the peace: 1969 --
This chamber reeks of blood: 1970 --
We'll bomb the bastards off the earth: 1970-1971 --
Peace is at hand: 1972 --
A spirit of doubt and contrition: 1972-1975.
America's Descent into Vietnam, Given by Dr. JamesE. Archer.
0465043690 (alk. paper)
9780465043699
00049824
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--United States.
Asia--Politics and government--1945-
Vietnam--Politics and government--1945-1975.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
DS558 / .M34 2001
959.7043 Man 15
A grand delusion : America's descent into Vietna, America's descent into Vietnam / Robert Mann. - 1st ed. - New York Basic Books c2001 - x, 821 p., [16] p. of plates ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 787-799) and index.
The little pipsqueak: February 1965 --
pt. 1. The roots of war --
The "loss" of China: 1949-1950 --
Paralyzed with fear: 1950 --
Korea: 1950 --
The part-time isolationists: 1951 --
pt. 2. The initial descent --
Nothing but a grim joke: 1945-1950 --
The keystone in Southeast Asia: 1951 --
A great crusade: 1951-1952 --
Pouring money down a rat hole: 1953 --
Pouring money down a rat hole: 1953 --
You shall not fight unaided: 1953 --
La Guerre sale: 1954 --
We cannot engage in active war: 1954 --
Diplomacy of bluster and retreat: 1954 --
The best available prime minister: 1954-1955 --
This is our offspring: 1955-1956 --
A blank grant of power: 1957-1958 --
Nothing more than a mirage: 1958-1960 --
pt. 3. Into the morass --
Vietnam is the place: 1961 --
You're just crazier than hell: 1961 --
A world of illusion: 1962 --
The beginning of the beginning 1962 --
You did visit the same country, didn't you?: 1963 --
A stone rolling downhill: 1963 --
pt. 4. Escalation and deception --
Get in, get out, or get off: 1963-1964 --
The damn worst mess I ever saw: 1964 --
Aggression unchallenged is aggression unleashed: 1964 --
No wider war: 1964-1965 --
Harder choices: 1965 --
We are very deep already: 1965 --
This could be quagmire: 1965 --
Sliding farther into the morass of war: 1965 --
Let them know they are in a war: 1966 --
Once our flag is committed: 1966 --
Where does it all end?: 1966-1967 --
There is a rot in the fabric: 1967 --
A very near thing: 1968 --
Everyone has turned into a dove: 1968 --
The vice president has very few guns: 1968 --
pt. 5. Nixon's war --
Win the peace: 1969 --
This chamber reeks of blood: 1970 --
We'll bomb the bastards off the earth: 1970-1971 --
Peace is at hand: 1972 --
A spirit of doubt and contrition: 1972-1975.
America's Descent into Vietnam, Given by Dr. JamesE. Archer.
0465043690 (alk. paper)
9780465043699
00049824
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--United States.
Asia--Politics and government--1945-
Vietnam--Politics and government--1945-1975.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
DS558 / .M34 2001
959.7043 Man 15