The irony of Vietnam
Subtitle: the system worked
By: Leslie H. Gelb, with Richard K. Betts ; foreword by Fareed Zakaria
Contributors: Betts, Richard K., 1947- author
Edition: Classic edition.
Series: The Brookings classics; Brookings classics
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780815726784
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Foreign relations
Notes: "With a new foreword by Fareed Zakaria, and a new preface by Leslie Gelb"--Back cover.

First published: 1979.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Decisions: getting into Vietnam; title: Patterns, dilemmas, and explanations; title: Recurrent patterns and dilemmas from Roosevelt to Eisenhower; title: Picking up the torch: the Kennedy Administration; title: Intervention in force: the Johnson Administration, I; title: Coming home to roost: the Johnson Administration, II; title: Part II. The imperative not to lose; title: National security goals and stakes; title: Domestic political stakes; title: The bureaucracy and the inner circle; title: Part III. Means: the minimum necessary and the maximum feasible; title: Constraints; title: Pressures and the president; title: Part IV. Perceptions: realism, hope, and compromise; title: Optimism, pessimism, and credibility; title: The strategy of perseverance; title: Part V. Conclusions; title: The lessons of Vietnam.