TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hess,Gary R.
TI  - Vietnam: explaining America's lost war 
SN  - 9781118948996 (paperback)
AV  - 438 DS 558 H586v 2015
U1  - 959.704/3 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex
PB  - WILEY Blackwell
KW  - Vietnam War, 1961-1975
KW  - United States
KW  - Influence
KW  - National security
KW  - Guerra de Vietnam, 1961-1975
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1945-1989
KW  - Military policy
KW  - Vietnam
KW  - Historia
KW  - 1945-1975
KW  - Política y gobierno
N1  - 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"
N2  - "Assesses the lessons learned from this war, and how these lessons have affected American national security policy since"-- |c Provided by publisher
ER  -