Our Vietnam: The War 1954–1975Simon and Schuster, 15 de nov. 2000 - 768 pàgines Winner of the Overseas Press Club's Cornelius J. Ryan Award for Best Nonfiction Book, the Commonwealth Club of California's Gold Medal for Nonfiction, and the PEN Center West Award for Best Research Nonfiction Twenty-five years after the end of the Vietnam War, historian and journalist A. J. Langguth delivers an authoritative account of the war based on official documents not available earlier and on new reporting from both the American and Vietnamese perspectives. In Our Vietnam, Langguth takes us inside the waffling and deceitful White Houses of Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon; documents the ineptness and corruption of our South Vietnamese allies; and recounts the bravery of soldiers on both sides of the war. With its broad sweep and keen insights, Our Vietnam brings together the kaleidoscopic events and personalities of the war into one engrossing and unforgettable narrative. |
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... Ball, 1965 333 eight Salisbury, 1966 416 nine McNamara, 1967 438 ten Clifford, 1968 468 part three: Richard M. Nixon and Le DucTho eleven Nixon, 1969 533 twelve Sihanouk, 1970 557 thirteen Ellsberg, 1971 576 fourteen Mao, 1972 593 ...
... Ball, 1965 333 eight Salisbury, 1966 416 nine McNamara, 1967 438 ten Clifford, 1968 468 part three: Richard M. Nixon and Le DucTho eleven Nixon, 1969 533 twelve Sihanouk, 1970 557 thirteen Ellsberg, 1971 576 fourteen Mao, 1972 593 ...
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... Ball, U.S. undersecretary of state from 1961 to September 1966, was the most outspoken dissenter from the escalations of Kennedy and Johnson. Chester Bowles (1901–1986), U.S. undersecretary of state in 1961 but dislodged from that job ...
... Ball, U.S. undersecretary of state from 1961 to September 1966, was the most outspoken dissenter from the escalations of Kennedy and Johnson. Chester Bowles (1901–1986), U.S. undersecretary of state in 1961 but dislodged from that job ...
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... displayed an impressive mastery of the topics they had agreed to cover. Their agenda had been prepared by George Ball, a State Department veteran, who had drafted a version for Kennedy and then revised 28 OUR VIETNAM.
... displayed an impressive mastery of the topics they had agreed to cover. Their agenda had been prepared by George Ball, a State Department veteran, who had drafted a version for Kennedy and then revised 28 OUR VIETNAM.
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... Ball's list at all. One key to Jack Kennedy's political effectiveness was his ability to listen attentively to an argument, ask probing questions and conclude a meeting by conveying his pleasure in the conversation—all the while giving ...
... Ball's list at all. One key to Jack Kennedy's political effectiveness was his ability to listen attentively to an argument, ask probing questions and conclude a meeting by conveying his pleasure in the conversation—all the while giving ...
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