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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... 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 fifteen Tho, 1973 618 sixteen Thieu, 1974 633 part four: Le Duan and ...
... 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 fifteen Tho, 1973 618 sixteen Thieu, 1974 633 part four: Le Duan and ...
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... Clifford (1906–1998), an attorney who advised Johnson privately, became secretary of defense in 1968 and almost immediately recommended disengaging from the war. William Colby (1920–1996) was the CIA's Saigon station chief from 1959 to ...
... Clifford (1906–1998), an attorney who advised Johnson privately, became secretary of defense in 1968 and almost immediately recommended disengaging from the war. William Colby (1920–1996) was the CIA's Saigon station chief from 1959 to ...
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... Clifford was handling day-to-day matters for Kennedy's transition team. With the wavy blond hair and bland good looks of a minor movie actor, Clifford had come from St. Louis to transform himself into a Washington insider—arranging ...
... Clifford was handling day-to-day matters for Kennedy's transition team. With the wavy blond hair and bland good looks of a minor movie actor, Clifford had come from St. Louis to transform himself into a Washington insider—arranging ...
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... Clifford urged Kennedy in a memorandum to stress publicly that he was going to appoint only those men with the highest qualifications for government service; he made no mention of female candidates. But Kennedy was having trouble ...
... Clifford urged Kennedy in a memorandum to stress publicly that he was going to appoint only those men with the highest qualifications for government service; he made no mention of female candidates. But Kennedy was having trouble ...
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... Clifford had turned down an official appointment but had been present as a trusted aide, and his memorandum was the longest and most thorough. He recalled that Herter had explained that some U.S. allies considered the war in Laos a mere ...
... Clifford had turned down an official appointment but had been present as a trusted aide, and his memorandum was the longest and most thorough. He recalled that Herter had explained that some U.S. allies considered the war in Laos a mere ...
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Pàgina 48 - In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
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