Vietnam : explaining America's lost war /
Hess, Gary R.
Vietnam : explaining America's lost war / Gary R. Hess. - 2 nd ed. - Chichester, West Sussex WILEY Blackwell, 2015. - xi, 224 p. ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From the Streets to the Books : The Origins of an Enduring Debate -- A Necessary War or a Mistaken War? -- "Kennedy Exceptionalism," "Missed Opportunity for Peace," or "Lost Victory?" : The Movement toward War, 1961-1965 -- The Revisionist Critique of the "Strategy for Defeat" : The Clausewitzian Alternative -- The Revisionist Critique of the "Other War" : The "Hearts and Minds" Prescription for Victory -- The Media and the War : Irresponsible or Balanced Journalism? -- The Tet Offensive : Decisive American Victory or Devastating Loss? -- Nixon-Kissinger and the Ending of the War : A "Lost Victory" or "Neither Peace nor Honor?" -- Conclusion: The War's "Lessons".
"Assesses the lessons learned from this war, and how these lessons have affected American national security policy since"-- |c Provided by publisher.
9781118948996 (paperback)
2014049406
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Influence.
National security--United States.
Guerra de Vietnam, 1961-1975.
Guerra de Vietnam, 1961-1975--Estados Unidos.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Military policy.
Vietnam--Historia--1945-1975.
Vietnam--Política y gobierno.
438 DS 558 / H586v 2015
959.704/3
Vietnam : explaining America's lost war / Gary R. Hess. - 2 nd ed. - Chichester, West Sussex WILEY Blackwell, 2015. - xi, 224 p. ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From the Streets to the Books : The Origins of an Enduring Debate -- A Necessary War or a Mistaken War? -- "Kennedy Exceptionalism," "Missed Opportunity for Peace," or "Lost Victory?" : The Movement toward War, 1961-1965 -- The Revisionist Critique of the "Strategy for Defeat" : The Clausewitzian Alternative -- The Revisionist Critique of the "Other War" : The "Hearts and Minds" Prescription for Victory -- The Media and the War : Irresponsible or Balanced Journalism? -- The Tet Offensive : Decisive American Victory or Devastating Loss? -- Nixon-Kissinger and the Ending of the War : A "Lost Victory" or "Neither Peace nor Honor?" -- Conclusion: The War's "Lessons".
"Assesses the lessons learned from this war, and how these lessons have affected American national security policy since"-- |c Provided by publisher.
9781118948996 (paperback)
2014049406
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Influence.
National security--United States.
Guerra de Vietnam, 1961-1975.
Guerra de Vietnam, 1961-1975--Estados Unidos.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Military policy.
Vietnam--Historia--1945-1975.
Vietnam--Política y gobierno.
438 DS 558 / H586v 2015
959.704/3