Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to VietnamHarper Collins, 8 мая 1998 г. - Всего страниц: 480 "The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost on the front pages of the New York Times or the college campuses. It was lost in Washington, D.C." - H. R. McMaster (from the Conclusion) Dereliction Of Duty is a stunning new analysis of how and why the United States became involved in an all-out and disastrous war in Southeast Asia. Fully and convincingly researched, based on recently released transcripts and personal accounts of crucial meetings, confrontations and decisions, it is the only book that fully re-creates what happened and why. It also pinpoints the policies and decisions that got the United States into the morass and reveals who made these decisions and the motives behind them, disproving the published theories of other historians and excuses of the participants. Dereliction Of Duty covers the story in strong narrative fashion, focusing on a fascinating cast of characters: President Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, General Maxwell Taylor, McGeorge Bundy and other top aides who deliberately deceived the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the U.S. Congress and the American public. Sure to generate controversy, Dereliction Of Duty is an explosive and authoritative new look at the controversy concerning the United States involvement in Vietnam. |
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... president developed a lower - cost strategy for national defense , the " new look . " The new look rejected Ridgway's and Taylor's arguments that American military forces must remain " balanced " 9 | THE NEW FRONTIERSMEN AND THE OLD GUARD.
... arguments that American military forces must remain " balanced " in size or configuration with those of the Soviet ... argued that the United States had to expand and reinforce its ground forces overseas and create a robust strategic ...
... command authority . " Testifying before the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs on May 1 , 1946 , Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal argued that reliance on " a single military genius " 13 THE NEW FRONTIERSMEN AND THE OLD GUARD.
... argued that reliance on " a single military genius " would risk " mistakes of judgment . " Meeting together , each Chief would have to " justify his case before a group of intelligent partners . " 47 Congress was persuaded that the JCS ...
... argument between selfish children and undercut further the credibility of the Joint Chiefs as an advisory body . McNamara quickly lost patience with the Chiefs ' unresponsiveness and squabbling . His answer to the mutually reinforcing ...
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Graduated Pressure JanuaryMarch 1964 | 62 |
From Distrust to Deceit MarchJuly 1964 | 85 |
Across the Threshold JulyAugust 1964 | 107 |
Contriving Consensus AugustSeptember 1964 | 137 |
Prophecies Rejected and the Path of Least Resistance SeptemberNovember 1964 | 155 |
The Foot in the Door FebruaryMarch 1965 | 217 |
A Quicksand of Lies MarchApril 1965 | 243 |
The Coach and His Team AprilJune 1965 | 262 |
War without Direction AprilJune 1965 | 275 |
Five Silent Men July 1965 | 300 |
Epilogue | 323 |
Notes | 335 |
Selected Bibliography | 419 |
Planning for Failure NovemberDecember 1964 | 179 |
A Fork in the Road December 1964February 1965 | 197 |
Index | 435 |
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