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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... recommended that if any troops were deployed , they should arrive in a strength of at least sixty thousand men.20 Army general Lyman Lemnitzer , chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , and Army Chief of Staff George H. Decker warned ...
... recommended a powerful air strike to destroy all significant military targets , a naval blockade to iso- late Castro from outside support , and an invasion to ensure the eradica- tion of the missile threat and the removal of Castro from ...
... recommended not encouraging a coup . Referring to his initial cable authorizing Lodge to conspire against Diem , Kennedy told George Ball on October 4 : " we fucked that up . " Despite his misgivings , however , Kennedy sent ...
... recommended to the administration that Wheeler be appointed Army chief of staff and knew that he could be counted upon for his loyalty and support . When , in January 1963 , at the village of Ap Bac , the South Vietnamese Army suffered ...
... " never been sympathetic " with the idea , and recommended that the United States actually strengthen ties with the Diem regime.38 After the coup he believed that the United States government had " killed ” 48 DERELICTION OF DUTY.
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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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