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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... ground forces began pushing them back to the sea . The " liberators " were running out of ammunition . On April 18 Kennedy , with the support of Secretary of Defense McNamara , fended off requests from the Joint Chiefs and others to ...
... ground forces overseas and create a robust strategic reserve of ground and air forces on its own soil.38 Kennedy became enamored of Maxwell Taylor's ideas . Two weeks before declaring his candidacy for the presidency , Kennedy wrote to ...
... the man whom many of the military officers in the Pentagon deeply resented.89 Taylor and McNamara found common ground in their belief in the need for administrative reform in the Pentagon , faith in the " 22 DERELICTION OF DUTY.
... ground invasion of Cuba . Taylor requested that Kennedy invite the Joint Chiefs to the White House to allay their agitation over not being consulted directly . Having absorbed much of the blame for the Bay of Pigs , the Chiefs wanted to ...
... ground invasion . Robert Kennedy , whose close friend Taylor had become , remarked sarcastically , " That was a surprise . " After the laughter subsided , the meeting continued without further reference to the JCS position . Taylor ...
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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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